From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 8 1:20:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1696237B401 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 01:20:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (stmarg3.lnk.telstra.net [165.228.7.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D69CD43FB1 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 01:20:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keith@smmc.qld.edu.au) Received: (qmail 28931 invoked by uid 89); 8 Mar 2003 09:19:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smmc.qld.edu.au) (127.0.0.1) by 127.0.0.1 with SMTP; 8 Mar 2003 09:19:22 -0000 Received: from 203.220.88.164 (SquirrelMail authenticated user keith) by localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au with HTTP; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 19:19:22 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <1043.203.220.88.164.1047115162.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 19:19:22 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: Port 3306 <-- Solved!! Thanks From: To: , "Free bsd " In-Reply-To: <200303071850.h27IodZY023660@sun.zoology.ubc.ca> References: <4740.10.0.1.109.1046999575.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> <006101c2e455$d9b8b870$0100a8c0@DaleCoportable> <1156.10.0.1.109.1047007814.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> <200303071850.h27IodZY023660@sun.zoology.ubc.ca> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yeah fair comment Ricardo Thanks > Hi Keith, > > Since you are on the matter, I would also recommend using your firewall > to stop unwanted requests to that port. For example, try instead of > any, allowing your webserver (in case of webdriven websites) and only > servers that need to have access to your database. You don't need > anyone trying to play around with your database. :) > > Cheers > Ricardo > > On Thursday 06 March 2003 07:30 pm, keith@smmc.qld.edu.au wrote: >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: >> > To: >> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:12 PM >> > >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have "Found" a rule in my ipf firewall rules file. >> >> it allows in my agetway machine running webmin >> >>etc etc. to port 3306 from > any. >> >> >> >> Now I may well have added this rule but I didn't >> >>comment it (Not like me!) Any clues as to what >> >>that port is for? Services file has no listing. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Keith Spencer >> >> >> > >> > IIRC, that's MySQL. >> > >> > Kevin Kinsey >> > DaleCo, S.P. >> > >> > >> > >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> >> > > -- > Ricardo Oliva > Labs Systems Administrator > UBC - Zoology Department > Ph.: 604-822-3882 > E-mail: ricardo@zoology.ubc.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message