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What is the best practice for placing DataBase servers in secure network topologies

I have a classic DMZ architecture: My webserver is placed in the DMZ. The webserver needs to communicate with a database server. This database server is the most critical component of my network ...
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What are the likely threats to a public-facing DB instance?

Quick intro: Small company, VERY limited resources. I pretty much do everything including take out the trash. We've been running an instance of MySQL internally for years and it's worked OK, but I ...