Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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MySQL Credential Testing

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Often times you will setup a LAMP stack for development needs. When transitioning to a non-development environment you will want to ensure that all the username/passwords on your MySQL server are locked down. You can use a brute force tool to check that no weak credentials exist. Here is an example of such a tool coded in Python:

https://github.com/modlearning/mysql-scanner

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Written by Damian Tommasino

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