To improve security on the network from 30th November 2006 external connections to MySQL will be blocked. You will only be able to connect to MySQL from the internal network and via PHPMyAdmin [ http://web.mysql1.netsvr.net ].

This has become necessary to ensure the integrity of our network is maintained. There are many unsuccessful attempts to connect to the MySQL database each day from suspicious sources. This can slow down the systems considerably. By blocking all external connections at firewall level we can reduce the threat and increase performance.