From: Michael Shigorin Date: October 22 2007 1:27pm Subject: Re: automated search for open mysql system user accounts? (fwd) List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/packagers/370 Message-Id: <20071022132730.GR9917@osdn.org.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:22:38PM +0200, Lenz Grimmer wrote: > In any case, just a heads-up warning to you. To disable network access where not absolutely needed and filter if possible where needed? (there are also port-knocking implementations for cases where users might know how to ask to pass them through but we can't know their IPs beforehand) PS: just curious, how many MySQL/Pg/etc packages out there still default to allowing remote access? Ours don't for ages. -- ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/ ---- Oct 26--27, Kiev, Ukraine: -- http://conference.osdn.org.ua