Brian is back with a new security article, this time working through the details of the fixed database roles. There are some important concepts here. In particular if you're not totally clear on the difference between dbo and db_owner, read this article.
2019-09-18 (first published: 2003-12-12)
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Why do stored procedures help with security? In this piece, MVP Brian Kelley explains why SQL Injection and information gathering are hampered with stored procedures.
2015-06-12 (first published: 2013-02-18)
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SQL Server MVP Brian Kelley brings us a great new article that solves a problem that might help your security. In this short piece, we learn how we can use logon triggers to block users based on their IP address.
2013-11-08 (first published: 2009-03-09)
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Longtime author Brian Kelley brings us a new article on security and Kerberos authentication in SQL Server.
2011-03-28 (first published: 2008-12-11)
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Day 3 of Security Week at SQL University is now in session. You're implementing a third party solution and you...
2011-02-11
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Welcome to this semester's security week at SQL University. In previous semesters we've covered the technical aspects of SQL Server...
2011-02-08
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Cross-posted from a Goal Keeping DBA blog:
Just recently, my oldest son entered the ranks of the teenagers. I shouldn’t actually...
2010-12-10
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After seeing several cases in the past couple of months where I felt the basics of troubleshooting were violated, I...
2010-12-07
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Self-marketing is not my strong suit. I don't feel very comfortable doing it, but Andy Warren (twitter | blog) suggests that we...
2010-11-01
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Members of the securityadmin role can escalate to sysadmin rights. Here's how to restrict them back to 2000 levels.
2010-09-02
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I was sick of changing context in Azure Data Studio while cleaning up things...
By Zikato
The crime spree in Digitown is not ending. This time 20 cars have been...
By Steve Jones
One of our mission statements in the Book of Redgate says: attempt to do...
Hi, I would love to hear if anyone can tell me why a CAST...
hi, one of our sister division's erp extract view is going thru at least...
hi our corp dw load sqlagent job goes to the next step on the...
In SQL Server, when the buffer manager write pages to disk, page protection is added to the pages. There are two types of protection: torn page protection and checksum page protection. What happens with regards to concurrency with page protection during writes?
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