[geeklog-devel] gl.net MySQL problems

dwight at trumbower.com dwight at trumbower.com
Mon Dec 8 13:42:08 EST 2003


> I received an email from pair.com support re: the MySQL problems on
> geeklog.net:
>
>>We looked through your configuration to see if any problems stood out.
>> We
>>did not find any visible problems.
>>
>>We did notice that you are using an older version of MySQL.  We could
>>upgrade you to a more recent version of MySQL.
>>
>>Please let us know, what you would like to do.
>
> The site's currently running on MySQL 3.23.56. What would make more
> sense: Going the small step to 3.23.58 or the bigger step to 4.0.whatever
> (4.0.16, I think, is the current version)?
>
> bye, Dirk
>

Baby steps. 3.23.56

4.0 could open more security holes that haven't been found yet. Even
though the default install of 4.0 has most of the potential security holes
turned off.

Dwight



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