Oracle has also released the 9.0 versions of MySQL clients, tools, and connectors that support MySQL Server 8.0, 8.4 LTS, and 9.0 Innovation. Mike Frank, product management director at Oracle, writes: ...

To learn how to securely deploy MySQL servers and close the security gaps that might lurk in your systems, Shadow Server recommends admins read this guide for version 5.7 or this one for version 8.0.

Securing your MySQL installation isn't difficult. Find out how to easily harden MySQL with one command. Chances are, your data center depends upon a MySQL database server or two.

I’ll be working from a 16.04 instance of Ubuntu Server, but the process is quite similar on almost every Linux platform hosting MySQL. SEE: Remote access policy (Tech Pro Research) ...