Server security
With MariaDB itself locked down nice and tight, and by using good password practices, we now need to look at the computer that MariaDB is running on.
If we are running MariaDB on our own desktop or laptop, and we are the only one who can log into it, then there's not much to worry about apart from the normal things we do to keep our computer secure, such as virus and malware protection, system updates, keeping it in a secure location, and so on. It is also useful to encrypt our hard drives, or at least our home folders, using an operation supported by most modern operating systems.
When we install MariaDB on a dedicated server then there is more that we have to worry about. Servers are almost always multiuser, so as part of server ...
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