Security

Technical Article

NGSSQuirreL Released.

  • Article

NGSSoftware have released NGSSQuirreL, a security audit and management tool for SQL Server. Designed to ease the administrative burden of securing SQL Server, NGSSQuirreL finds the security holes then generates a lockdown script based upon the vulnerabilities found so the server can be secured in a matter of minutes; and regular audits can help keep it that way. For more information or an evaluation copy please see the NGSSite - http://www.nextgenss.com/.

2002-09-11

464 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

SQLServerCentral.com Launches SQL Server Security Analzyer

  • Article

SQLServerCentral.com launched its first online free software, which can evaluate your SQL Server remotely and look for SQL Server security vulnerabilities. This free service looks for weak or no passwords and does a basic penetration test online.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2002-06-13

57 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

SQLsnake Worm Hits SQL Servers and Networks Hard

  • Article

If you haven't changed the SA password on your SQL Server, you may be soon paying the price. Beginning last week, an old worm has come back in full force, infecting about 100 SQL Servers an hour. Reports of heavy port 1433 scanning began in early may but by the 22nd, the virus really began to take its hold on systems with no SA password.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2002-05-28

4,813 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Auditing Your SQL Server Environment Part I

  • Article

Ever been placed into a new environment and couldn't
find an ounce of documentation? This article is the first in a series that will help you make an audit of your new environment
and determine if any SQL Server login does not have a password, has a password the same as the login name or a password that is only one character long.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

(1)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2002-04-02

10,441 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Dynamic SQL vs. Static SQL Part 1 - Security

  • Article

Sooner or later everyone who works with SQL Server hears that it is better to avoid dynamic SQL at all cost. Dynamic SQL will force you to give out more permissions than static SQL. This article by Robert Marda shows you some of the security issues with dynamic SQL.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

(2)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2002-02-27

12,965 reads

Blogs

A New Word: Dolorblindness

By

dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...

Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files

By

I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...

PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI

By

I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

Why the following cmds in sequence do not work

By hoa.nguyen 64423

I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...

When SQL Server Central Went Down

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...

The String Distance I

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item The String Distance I

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

The String Distance I

In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code: 

SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
Assume preview features are enabled.

See possible answers