SQL Server Security: Login Weaknesses
Brian writes regularly for us on sql security issues, this week he discusses the pros and cons of various authentication methods.
2003-08-14
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Security
SQL Server Security: Why Security Is Important
Regular columnist Brian Kelley reviews the real world impact that inadequate security can have by reviewing some recent incidents in the sql/security world. Very much worth reading, especially if you have credit card data.
2003-07-31
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2003-07-23
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2003-07-18
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Review: AppDetective Helps You Be a Nosy DBA
So how many servers do you have in your environment? In this review of AppDetective by Brian Knight, he shows you how AppDetective helped him find SQL Servers he didn't even know about in his environment.
2003-07-11
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2003-07-04
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2003-07-02
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2003-06-30
3,391 reads
SQL Server Security: Security Admins
As we mentioned before, Brian will be writing a column covering all facets of security. Turns out that there is so much to cover, he has agreed to write two columns per month! This article talks about the principle least privilege, why it doesn't always work, and some good info about removing the Builtin\Admin account.
2003-06-27
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2003-06-13
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Blogs
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DBCC CHECKIDENT
What is returned as a result set when I run this command without a new seed value?
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