This project demonstrates how to automate MySQL database backups in a Linux environment and restore them when required. It simulates a real-world disaster recovery scenario for a database server.

Topic ===== Buffer overflow in MySQL allows remote exploit. Problem Description ===== A buffer overflow in the mysql server that leads to a remote exploit. An attacker could gain mysqld privileges ...

Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. I might as well say this up front: I don't like using GUI (aka non-command-line or graphical) tools with my databases. This is ...

Linux arm64 Deployed in a production environment of a user. Linux arm A test in CI to make sure builds for 32-bits platforms work. FreeBSD amd64 Sporadically tested by developers. Other platforms ...

Recently while reviewing MySQL client tools, I discovered a Linux MySQL server on my local network refusing all incoming connections. Because I run Slackware, I suspected that the -skip-networking ...