SSIS and MySQL ADO.net driver security and installation

  • Hi All,

    I have created an SSIS package that grabs data from an external suppliers mySQL database and then imports into our database.

    To get this to work i need to have the MYSQL driver[/url] installed.

    My questions are,

    -Is it safe to install this on my production server during busy working hours.

    -Does it pose any security risks connecting to an external suppliers Database to get data? It wont leave any open connections into our db? I know this is unlikely but have to ask 🙂

  • bugg (11/29/2012)


    Hi All,

    I have created an SSIS package that grabs data from an external suppliers mySQL database and then imports into our database.

    To get this to work i need to have the MYSQL driver[/url] installed.

    My questions are,

    -Is it safe to install this on my production server during busy working hours.

    -Does it pose any security risks connecting to an external suppliers Database to get data? It wont leave any open connections into our db? I know this is unlikely but have to ask 🙂

    Personally I install on dev machines then on prod, and never during work hours unless it's a fix.

    As for security risks, there's always risks with external connections. What's your security like for the connection and the data? VPN, SSL, encryption, firewall, ASA etc. I usually leave that up to the network/security admins and whatever the compliance agency tells me I need to transfer the data. 😀

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    bugg (11/29/2012)


    Hi All,

    I have created an SSIS package that grabs data from an external suppliers mySQL database and then imports into our database.

    To get this to work i need to have the MYSQL driver[/url] installed.

    My questions are,

    -Is it safe to install this on my production server during busy working hours.

    -Does it pose any security risks connecting to an external suppliers Database to get data? It wont leave any open connections into our db? I know this is unlikely but have to ask 🙂

    Personally I install on dev machines then on prod, and never during work hours unless it's a fix.

    As for security risks, there's always risks with external connections. What's your security like for the connection and the data? VPN, SSL, encryption, firewall, ASA etc. I usually leave that up to the network/security admins and whatever the compliance agency tells me I need to transfer the data. 😀

    I didn't win the lotto... 🙁

    I've installed it on dev machines and all works fine. Regarding security, we have been supplied with read access to a suppliers table. The SSIS package uses these credentials to grab data from the table and does various things with.

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