OSCON 2006 has opened its call for papers. The
event will be July 24-28, 2006 at the Oregon Convention Center in
Portland, Oregon.
There is a dedicated database track, and reps from various OSS
databases are on the program committee. So it's up to us to make
sure that there are fab MySQL sessions and tutorials!
Naturally, a number of people from MySQL AB will be there, and
we're already thinking about sessions and fun events. There are
also many community people who have new, funky, funny, quirky or
just geeky applications and insights in MySQL, uses for MySQL,
etc. This means YOU. Sure we have the MySQL Users Conference, but
we also want to be visible everywhere else!
Let's get cooking: spread the word, come up with a session,
submit an abstract: Submit …
Today I was asked the following question by a friend of
mine.
Q: I am currently working on moving my site to a new server so if
anything needs to be installed or modified on the server let me
know and I will make sure that it is done on the new
server.
A: YES. There are quite a few things that you should do and
install on your new server to secure it.
Here are a few recommendations right on top of my head:
1. Stop unneeded services.
2. Install protection against Brute Force SSH attacks (they can
be costly) [BFD]
3. Install advanced firewall in addition to the default firewall
(iptables). [APF]
4. Completely disable root login and admin login. [Custom
Script]. If a user then attempts login as root, kick them off the
server and log …
I finally finished my interview with Kai Seidler, who is one of the people behind the very popular XAMPP project.
You can now read the interview on the MySQL Developer Zone - I hope you will enjoy it!
I finally finished my interview with Kai Seidler, who is one
of the people behind the very popular XAMPP project.
You can now read the interview on the MySQL Developer Zone - I hope you will enjoy it!
I went on a buying spree of technical books a couple months ago.
One of the MySQL books I picked up was The Definitive Guide to MySQL 5, Third
Edition.
Let me start off by saying I'm a Database Administrator. I'm
concerned with one thing; the database. I want to know how it
works, how to back it up, how to restore it, how the locking
works, how to secure it, and how are transactions handled. I
don't care how you connect to the database or what tools you use.
I'm beginning to understand MySQL, but know I have plenty more to
learn.
The book started to get my interest around Chapter 11 - Access
Administration and Security. Security on MySQL is a little
different than I'm used to, so I got a lot out of this chapter. I
also …
A few days ago, the MySQL GUI team announced new maintenance releases of both the MySQL Administrator (1.1.6) and Query Browser (1.1.18).
I now built RPMs for SUSE Linux 10.0/x86 - you can get them from my RPM Download section. Have fun!
A few days ago, the MySQL GUI team announced new maintenance releases of both the
MySQL Administrator (1.1.6) and Query Browser (1.1.18).
I now built RPMs for SUSE Linux 10.0/x86 - you can get them from my RPM Download section. Have fun!
I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. I’ve been using DBDesigner 4 from FabForce, an open source visual design tool, and apart from working around a number of bugs, I’ve found it practical to design from scratch. The big plus, it works under Linux.
With the announcement that this was being incorporated into MySQL, called MySQL Workbench, I was looking forward to getting my hands on it. I guess that was about 8 months ago. Finally about 6 weeks ago, Version 1.0.0-alpha was released for Linux. Unfortunately it didn’t work, would not even start for me. Logged as Bug #15421, which got marked as a duplicate of …
[Read more]Udi Granot has taken the first steps to starting a MySQL User Group in Tel Aviv, the first meeting is scheduled for February 6th. If you're from around there, do join up and help spread the word!
Udi Granot has taken the first steps to starting a MySQL User Group in Tel Aviv, the first meeting is scheduled for February 6th. If you're from around there, do join up and help spread the word!