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I was checking my MySQL log and I found this error:




Connect UNKNOWN_MYSQL_US@localhost as anonymous on




Is it normal? Should I worry about a possible attack?










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    Is it normal? Should I worry about a possible attack?










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      I was checking my MySQL log and I found this error:




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      Is it normal? Should I worry about a possible attack?










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      Is it normal? Should I worry about a possible attack?







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          It's not Anonymous account



          It is normal behavior from MySQL core.



          Look at this:
          https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/5.5/packaging/rpm-oel/mysql.init#L67



          It's for pinging MySQL to check MySQL is running or not






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            It's not Anonymous account



            It is normal behavior from MySQL core.



            Look at this:
            https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/5.5/packaging/rpm-oel/mysql.init#L67



            It's for pinging MySQL to check MySQL is running or not






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              It's not Anonymous account



              It is normal behavior from MySQL core.



              Look at this:
              https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/5.5/packaging/rpm-oel/mysql.init#L67



              It's for pinging MySQL to check MySQL is running or not






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                It's not Anonymous account



                It is normal behavior from MySQL core.



                Look at this:
                https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/5.5/packaging/rpm-oel/mysql.init#L67



                It's for pinging MySQL to check MySQL is running or not






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                It's not Anonymous account



                It is normal behavior from MySQL core.



                Look at this:
                https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/blob/5.5/packaging/rpm-oel/mysql.init#L67



                It's for pinging MySQL to check MySQL is running or not







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