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Asked: 2026-06-04T19:44:25+00:00

I would like to create a desktop application that should work with data on

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I would like to create a desktop application that should work with data on a mySql server running on a remote machine.
So each user has a copy of the desktop app and edits data on the remote mySql server.

Now my problem is that the mySql server will not allow connections from other hosts.
Question, is this just the wrong way of creating the app. If not how do I give any host access to the MYsql server.
(I know I can open up for a specific IP but that won’t work as the app could be running anywhere)

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should front your database on the server with a thin service layer, where you could do some validation / processing on the data, perform authentication, etc. Your client apps would then expose those methods in your service layer as web services, to which your client apps would communicate using either SOAP/XML, REST/JSON, etc. In general, it is a bad idea to expose your database directly if your application is within a LAN, and a terrible one to expose it on the internet.

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