Prior to Mac OS X 10.5 MySQL was administered in a stand-alone application. In 10.5, MySQL has been moved into Server Admin. Many of the security-centric aspects of MySQL should be managed in the my.cnf file or using MySQL tools. However, you can disable network connections using Server Admin unless the database actually needs to be accessed from hosts other than the server. Additionally, many administrators who lack the time to turn MySQL into a bastille of security choose to implement PHPMyAdmin with Mac OS X Server to easily update settings they might not be so quick to find in the command line.