Aria Bamdad wrote:
Hi,
We are thinking about having an application connect remotely or
over the Internet directly to a MySQL database. The application
will only have the ability to run stored procedures.
I have two questions:
I would like to know if anyone has anything positive or negative
to say about having a database port open on a public network.
It doesn't appeal to me.
Who's going to connect?
I prefer well-tested alternatives, a web site that front-ends what
people can do. Apache is well-tested for fronting the public Internet.
Is anyone using MySQL server with SSL secure connections. The binary
for the server as available on SLES 10 was not built with the SSL
support. Has anyone built MySQL on zLinux with SSL support included?
I wouldn't think being on Zeds is particularly relevant. Using a web
front-end and https provides the secure channel. If this is for small,
trusted, group then I might do it through a vpn.
I do note that people are testing my mysql connexion from the Internet
(I don't have one, but my firewall logs it).
I also recall Microsoft was a victim of the slammer work which attacked
sql-server.
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Cheers
John
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