Re: Notice for those running MySQL on Windows
| From: | Chris | Date: | Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:14:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Notice for those running MySQL on Windows | ||
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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,