Re: Securing mysql from remote access

2004-11-30 Thread Victor Pendleton
Some of the vulnerabilities have been addressed in recent releases. I would check the bug list and change log to see if your versions have been patched. If you want to disallow all tcp/ip connections you can use the |--skip-networking parameter. Only Unix sockets or Windows named pipes connecti

Re: Securing mysql from remote access

2004-11-30 Thread Scott Haneda
on 11/30/04 8:53 PM, Victor Pendleton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you plan on connecting only from the localhost host or via an ssh > tunnel you block port 3306 at the firewall or router. What exactly are > you looking to accomplish? Well, some friend of a friend decided to scan me and found

Re: Securing mysql from remote access

2004-11-30 Thread Victor Pendleton
If you plan on connecting only from the localhost host or via an ssh tunnel you block port 3306 at the firewall or router. What exactly are you looking to accomplish? Scott Haneda wrote: I can do a telnet host.com 3386 and get a answer back from mysql. Is the only way to turn off remote access

Securing mysql from remote access

2004-11-30 Thread Scott Haneda
I can do a telnet host.com 3386 and get a answer back from mysql. Is the only way to turn off remote access like this with a router and limit the ports, or is there some setting in mysql that will not allow outside connections other than from a IP range I tell it to? -- --