The most secure version of a fresh install is the one with its convenient defaults stripped back out. New database software ships open enough to get you started fast, which is exactly the state an attacker is hoping to find. Day 18 was about closing that gap on MariaDB, then granting its mirror...

Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/ndcodes/100-days-of-devops-and-cloud-aws-day-18-mariadbs-secure-install-and-why-read-only-needs-3h93)

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