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Re: [PHP-DB] Notice for those running MySQL on Windows

Chris

2005-01-27, 8:56 pm

Thanks for the info.

Martin Norland wrote:

> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/27/1546222
>
> Summary: if your mysql is actually listening on the network (not just
> localhost) you might get wormed - brief perusal says it has to do with
> weak root passwords.
>
> It's basically a spyware worm or some such - but certainly not
> something anyone would *want* on their box.
>
> Cheers,

Bastien Koert

2005-01-27, 8:56 pm

The slashdot's crowd had tons of intersting comments about it, too. ;-)

Bastien

>From: Chris <listschris@leftbrained.org>
>To: php-db@lists.php.net
>Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Notice for those running MySQL on Windows
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:14:11 -0800
>
>Thanks for the info.
>
>Martin Norland wrote:
>
>
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