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by ryanarvixe
01 Feb 2013, 23:30
Forum: General Discussion (csf)
Topic: Locking down 3306 but allowing cPanel MySQL Allowed IP's
Replies: 3
Views: 4819

Re: Locking down 3306 but allowing cPanel MySQL Allowed IP's

I can confirm that taking the output of the command and dropping it directly into csf.allow works. I was just wondering if there is a supported way of having this running in csf instead of via an external means, and a way that doesn't require a csf -r every minute or two if I have to pipe the output...
by ryanarvixe
01 Feb 2013, 22:48
Forum: General Discussion (csf)
Topic: Locking down 3306 but allowing cPanel MySQL Allowed IP's
Replies: 3
Views: 4819

Re: Locking down 3306 but allowing cPanel MySQL Allowed IP's

Well, I realized why 3306 was still open, it was because of the 3000:3500 wild card in our config. I changed that to 3000:3305,3307:3500. The port is now properly closed, but that line still doesn't allow the IP that I allowed via the cPanel interface into cPanel, even after a restart. Thoughts?
by ryanarvixe
01 Feb 2013, 22:34
Forum: General Discussion (csf)
Topic: Locking down 3306 but allowing cPanel MySQL Allowed IP's
Replies: 3
Views: 4819

Locking down 3306 but allowing cPanel MySQL Allowed IP's

It's vital that we offer 3306 remote connection as a shared hosting provider, but at the same time, we expose ourselves to constant attacks which seem to have intensified recently. As per forums.cpanel-net/f354/do-you-allow-remote-mysql-access-157645.html (renamed forums.cpanel-net as the forum woul...