Security Basics: Understanding the Surface Area
When it comes to securing a system, it's important to understand how it might be attacked. That's what surface area...
2009-06-01
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Encryption - Hashing Collisions
A hash is a computation that transforms one set of data into another (hopefully smaller) set of data. So a...
2009-06-01
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
For those who are interested, I've got a couple of speaking engagements coming up in the next two weeks. I'll be speaking...
2009-06-01
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Changing Server Default Collation
An interesting problem develops when the standard default collation for SQL Server isn't appropriate. Working with clients here in the...
2009-05-29
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Found a Bug in SQL Server 2005
It doesn’t happen often but every once in a while you may be the lucky person to find a previously...
2009-05-29
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Fusion IO’s on Their Way!
My company has taken the plunge and we have two of the Duo 640’s coming. As soon as they get...
2009-05-29
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Security Basics: Applying the Principle of Least Privilege Properly
Whenever I do a security presentation, I make sure to cover the Principle of Least Privilege. And when I do...
2009-05-29
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SQL Rockstar
I was scanning blogs the other day, and noticed Tom LaRock's new image on Twitter. He's SQLRockstar after a little...
2009-05-29
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The Conference ROI
I saw recently that Brent Ozar wrote a blog about justifying the cost of attending the 2009 PASS Summit. I...
2009-05-29
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Understanding File System IO, Lessons Learned From SQL Server
I do more than just SQL Server. I enjoy programming. In my former life I have worked with C/C++ and...
2009-05-29
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Blogs
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers