On Fri, October 20, 2006 9:26 am, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > > On 20-Oct-06, at 10:24 AM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > >> Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: >> >>>> its funny that ext/mysql is supposed to stay around for BC >>>> reasons even in PHP6, yet it has known unsolvable security issues. >>> Such as? >> >> for example, it does not support the new more secure authentication >> protocol. > > Which matters little since you can connect to MySQL via SSH tunnel > ensuring all communication is encrypted or communicate via a UNIX > domain socket with a local MySQL server.
Some people can do that. Some cannot. Some ISPs will be quicker to upgrade LAMP than to let users build SSH tunnels. Just a thought. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
