Re: MySQL/PHP Tunneling

Hello, Well, I know there are issues regarding this (security as well as others). But tools like MySQL-Front and DBTools are just doing that and it just happens that the project i am working on needed something like that, so I was just asking :) Regards, Karam --- Curt Zirzow <php-general@zirzow.dyndns.org> wrote: > * Thus wrote Karam Chand: > > --- Curt Zirzow <php-general@zirzow.dyndns.org> > wrote: > > > > Now, many of the ISPs blokc 3306 for security > reason > > and you cannot access MySQL from a 3rd party tool > and > > have to use phpMyAdmin which is able to access the > > MySQL server as it is running on the same box. > > Sometimes, SSH tunneling is also not the option :) > > There usually is a reason why the port 3306 port is > blocked or that > mysql simply doesn't listen to outside addresses on > that port. By > trying to circumstant that will probably result in a > violation of > their TOS. > > And as Jason suggested, use an ISP that either > supports ssh > tunneling (which is preferred and more likely to > occur) or find a > ISP that allows port 3336 to the open world. > > What you describe is more in the lines of Proxying, > which is > probably why I was confused. And I wouldn't suggest > to anyone to > do that kind of proxying, the layers between > everything can be > *very* unstable. > > > Curt > -- > First, let me assure you that this is not one of > those shady pyramid schemes > you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is > the trapezoid! > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail