nagiDBProxy Alone Cannot Protect MySQL: Thinking About MySQL Server Security Settings with Defense in Depth

To put it simply, you cannot protect a MySQL server just by installing nagiDBProxy. This is because nagiDBProxy can only protect 'access that passes through the proxy'.It might seem surprising for the ...
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PHP/MySQL What are the pros & cons of using persistent connections (mysql_pconnect)?

First off, I'm new to both PHP and MySQL (and basically anything not-HTML). I'm currently building a PHP based page using MySQL as a database, and I'm wondering what the advantages or disadvantages ...