Yes, that's exactly what the link from Hassan said to do.
Interestingly, what is not stated in that link is that you must add
entries in mysql tables 'db' and 'user' for '127.0.0.1' (a.k.a.
'localhost') if you need to access the database from the local server.
Remote access via static IP
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:51:44 -0700
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Subject: Re: Stopping DNS Lookups
Yes, that's exactly what the link from
Add skip-name-reslove in my.cnf and restart mysql immediately.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Richard S. Huntrods
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Awesome! Thanks very much - exactly what I was looking for. I'm in the
field and was under the gun, otherwise would have checked the manuals first.
I have a server that runs only MySQL. It services several other servers
inside a firewalled intranet. All connections to the MySQL database are
done using static IP addresses.
Recently I had to start monitoring the firewall traffic on this
intranet, and discovered the MySQL server is
. Huntrods
To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Sent: Oct 22, 2008 07:40
Subject: Stopping DNS Lookups
I have a server that runs only MySQL. It services several other servers
inside a firewalled intranet. All connections to the MySQL database are
done using static IP addresses.
Recently I had to start monitoring
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Richard S. Huntrods
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Recently I had to start monitoring the firewall traffic on this intranet,
and discovered the MySQL server is routinely sending queries to the main DNS
server (outside the firewall). I suspect the server is performing
Awesome! Thanks very much - exactly what I was looking for. I'm in the
field and was under the gun, otherwise would have checked the manuals first.
Again, thanks.
-Richard
Hassan Schroeder wrote:
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Richard S. Huntrods
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Recently I