Comments - Sudden 2013 Errors 'reading initial communication packet'
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UPDATE: If I nc the DB server I get the following response:
nc [IP] 3306
Host '[IP]' is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB Server. So it appears its actually a permissions issue.
Adding for others that may have same problem