[CentOS] some security measures I would like to share

Thu Jun 7 23:52:20 UTC 2012
Bob Hoffman <bob at bobhoffman.com>

On 6/7/2012 7:42 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote:
> *On a final note....*
>
> If you are building a web application you should use a mysql user that
> is only allowed to update and select...
> With proper programming you can set up items to be deleted via a cron
> job using a mysql user that has a bit more access.
>
> This prevents a hacker from actually deleting or altering any
> data....and easily rolled back.
>
> This is how I program and I think it should be standard. As far as I
> know not one single program does this...and that is a shame.
Sorry, I meant select and insert only.