[RevServer tips] Spreading the load or why wise developers use asynchronous workflows

[Bob Sneidar]

I suppose on a server that was unrestricted, that would be true. But I set it up to only accept connections from the IP's I want, and I have strong passwords protecting it. Wouldn't that be enough?

Bob


On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jeff Massung wrote:

> Never, ever, ever do this. ;-)
> 
> It's basically asking for someone to hack - and nuke - your database out
> from under you. You never want to connect to it remotely, and you never want
> to send SQL commands to it directly. Use an intermediate layer.