LibreOffice Base can make working with remote MySQL databases a snap. Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to make this happen.

I put it back to 127.0.0.1 and waited a couple more years. Finally around 2012 I was able to bring it back online without any significant attack traffic that I noticed.

Use this guide to learn how to easily create and manage a MySQL 8 user with remote access to all databases.