Re: MySQL on Win2k Server open to connections from all IPs

2004-04-29 Thread Jigal van Hemert
Victor Pendleton wrote: > If you are going to do this, may I suggest starting MySQL with a non > standard port number? Yeah, right. And a hacker will not perform a portscan? And he will not recognize a response from that port (e.g. "Host '' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server")??? Rega

RE: MySQL on Win2k Server open to connections from all IPs

2004-04-28 Thread Victor Pendleton
MAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 4/28/04 10:12 AM Subject: MySQL on Win2k Server open to connections from all IPs Hi, I have installed mysql 3.23 on our Windows 2000 Server machine. How can I configure the database such that anyone on the internet can connect to this database? I know this sounds dangerous bu

MySQL on Win2k Server open to connections from all IPs

2004-04-28 Thread shaun thornburgh
Hi, I have installed mysql 3.23 on our Windows 2000 Server machine. How can I configure the database such that anyone on the internet can connect to this database? I know this sounds dangerous but once this has been configured we will install VPNs on this machine and any machine that we permit