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I have mySQL behind a NAT firewall
To get access I must grant to user@192.168.1.1 which is the routers address
Is the true external host information lost?
Does mySQL think htat All traffic is coming from 192.168.1.1 ???

cheers
kelvin

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On 30 Jun 2004 00:09:56 -0700, kelvinq spoketh

>I have mySQL behind a NAT firewall
>To get access I must grant to user@192.168.1.1 which is the routers address
>Is the true external host information lost?
>Does mySQL think htat All traffic is coming from 192.168.1.1 ???
>
>cheers
>kelvin

That really depends on your NAT firewall. Not all firewalls does client
transparency by default...

Lars M. Hansen
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