Re: [cobalt-users] mySQL and PHP

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 4/5/00 2:16 AM, Luka Muzinic at luka.muzinic@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> So you may want to compile yourself the lastest version of MySQL, Apache
> and
>> PHP from sources.  That gets you in a little deeper water, but shouldn't
>> cause any major problems.  Getting those three working together from
> source
>> is about a 5 on a 1-10 difficulty scale.
> 
> I'm not interesting in the latest hot thing. I would like to have a solution
> that is proven to be working. Security is not the problem because there
> wouldn't be permanent connection to the internet.
> 
> So combination provided on ftp.cobaltnet.com is ok?

I agree I'm with you--I'm not looking for the 'latest hot thing'.  But I am
looking for the most stable application I can get--downtime costs money.
Most of the changes in MySQL, PHP and Apache have been bug fixes, not
features.  While some features have crept in on each application, pretty
much they have been cleaning house on the current version and building the
next one.  Basically, new version released = more bugs fixed, and that is
important to anyone using the applications, regardless of security concerns.

Anyone using Apache, PHP and MySQL are going to be in one of three groups:
invididuals deploying a website, an intranet, or an extranet.  The only one
that (arguably) wouldn't be (as) concerned about security would be the
Intranet users, as you describe.  And even there I would argue that security
is still a big issue--there is a lot of sensitive information that is held
in sophisticated intranet systems (including perhaps payroll, etc.) and
regulated by authentication.  And most of them are still connected to the
internet so that remote/home users can access the resources.  And obviously
security issues are paramount for web and extranet projects.  The MySQL bug
is a pretty big deal--a wide open exploit.

So, while I agree that the older (buggier, less secure) software provided in
unsupported format may work for you, it doesn't for the rest of us.

-k