On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Aldo Foot <lunixer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have yet to see what is so special about MySQL that makes having it >> such a big issue. > > If anything at all: default accounts must be deleted or secured with passwords. Ok, bare with me awhile, but ... why? Or are you securing against users who turn off their firewall? Because with a firewall up, an attacker would need to already have access to the machine... in which case having passwords on MySQL is useless. Installing mysql-server does not open your firewall. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
