Re: ipv6 vs. LAMP

[Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo <carlosm3011 () gmail com>]

Hi all,

the replication point is a good one, I did not think about that. However, I
still believe that on the road to v6 adoption, databases are far from being
our most pressing roadblock.

Thanks all!

Carlos

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Jerry B. Altzman <jbaltz () altzman com>wrote:

> Only to you.
> on 10/22/2010 10:02 AM Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo said the following:
>
>  IMHO you should never, ever make your MySQL accesible over the public
> > Internet, which renders the issue of MySQL not supporting IPv6 correctly
> > mostly irrelevant. You could even run your MySQL behind your web backend
> > using RFC1918 space (something I do recommend).
>
> Except for those of us who have to support applications based upon MySQL
> replication...in that case, we use IP-based access rules on a firewall in
> front, and on the host, and on the MySQL server itself. But we still need IP
> access to it.
>
> We could shade it all by using IPSec or VPN tunnels, but that's more
> administrative overhead, and MySQL replication is fragile enough without
> adding that.
>
>
>  Moreover, if you need direct access to the engine, you can trivially
> > create
> > an SSH tunnel (You can even do this in a point-and-click way using the
> > latest MySQL Workbench). SSH works over IPv6 just fine.
>
> See above about replication.
>
>  Carlos
> >
>
> //jbaltz
> --
> jerry b. altzman        jbaltz () altzman com     www.jbaltz.com
> thank you for contributing to the heat death of the universe.



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