Loading ...Around these days last year I presented `securich` for the first time. It was at froscon 2009, barely knowing anybody, spending my 27th birthday in a hostel in Germany fixing some bugs before the actual presentation on a 10 inch netbook (my mac had some problems at the time but thats another story :)). I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘security’
Securich 0.3.0
Posted: 19th August 2010 by Darren Cassar in MySQL, UncategorizedTags: conference, froscon, grants, MySQL, roles, securich, security
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MySQL anonymous accounts – User=”, Host=’%’ – CODE RED
Posted: 5th October 2009 by Darren Cassar in Beginner, MySQLTags: %, accounts, anonymous, authentication, security, threat, usernames
I want to highlight the importance of reviewing mysql’s initial set of accounts. Say you have a mysql on abc.def.ghi.jkl running on port 3306 anonymous account with privileges without a password, then: 1. mysql (if issued on localhost) 2. mysql -h abc.def.ghi.jkl 3. mysql -u ” -h abc.def.ghi.jkl 4. mysql -u ” -h abc.def.ghi.jkl -P [...]
MySQL related bookmark collection
Posted: 17th September 2009 by Darren Cassar in Beginner, Databases, MySQLTags: administration, benchmarking, bookmarks, cluster, collection, configuration, general knowledge, ha, Information, innodb, monitoring, MySQL, performance analysis, security, slow queries
I am publishing my MySQL related bookmark collection http://www.mysqlpreacher.com/bookmarks/. Feel free to send me links you think might be good to add in order to help others. Remember, SHARING IS CARING!!! …. we get so much for free, why shouldn’t we give some back? Cheers, Darren
Securich – 0.1.4
Posted: 10th August 2009 by Darren Cassar in Beginner, MySQLTags: administration, grant, group, groups, password complexity, password expiry, revoke, role, roles, securich, security, user, users
New Securich release – 0.1.4
* Added Password complexity
* Enhanced `set_password` – Old password is now necessary to replace it by a new one
* Enhanced Revoke privileges to accept regexp
* Added Block user@hostname on a database level
* Added Creation of reserved usernames