mySQLl on Apache web server
Hi all, I have an apache web server running on SuSE 7.3 with PHP4. I would like to install mySQL on it now. I used Marc Heuse document on Securing a Web Server which I found very helpful, but he did not mention much about the database stuff. What security risks am I allowing by putting mySQL on this Web Server? What extra steps will I need to take? Is there a document somewhere that outlines the steps to securing mySQL on SuSE? Thanks, Robert
Robert Greenwell wrote:
Hi all,
I have an apache web server running on SuSE 7.3 with PHP4. I would like to install mySQL on it now. I used Marc Heuse document on Securing a Web Server which I found very helpful, but he did not mention much about the database stuff. What security risks am I allowing by putting mySQL on this Web Server? What extra steps will I need to take? Is there a document somewhere that outlines the steps to securing mySQL on SuSE?
Thanks, Robert
There is no worry about security using PHP with SuSE 7.3. PHP does not work in the first place. It worked with 7.1 but 7.3 -- Ken Schneider Senior UNIX Administrator Network Administrator
It doesn't deal specifically with SuSE or PHP, but there is an article by Paul DuBois (author of several mySQL books) on securing mySQL. You can find it at: http://www.nusphere.com/products/library/securing_mysql_installation.pdf -Matt -----Original Message----- From: Robert Greenwell [mailto:robertgreenwell@satel.com] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:51 AM To: suse-security@suse.com Subject: [suse-security] mySQLl on Apache web server Hi all, I have an apache web server running on SuSE 7.3 with PHP4. I would like to install mySQL on it now. I used Marc Heuse document on Securing a Web Server which I found very helpful, but he did not mention much about the database stuff. What security risks am I allowing by putting mySQL on this Web Server? What extra steps will I need to take? Is there a document somewhere that outlines the steps to securing mySQL on SuSE? Thanks, Robert
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Ken Schneider
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Matthew Thomas
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Robert Greenwell