Microsoft Announces a New Security Program
Microsoft has announced a new security program to help system administrators secure their sites. Worth a read.
2001-10-19
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Security
SQL Server Security Best Practices
Learn how to secure your data by implementing SQL Server security best practices.
2001-09-20
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Using Java to Encrypt Passwords
Lots of applications store user names and passwords in the database. This article presents a method for encypting this information using Java.
2001-07-19
14,950 reads
2001-07-19
2,600 reads
Encrypting Data With the Encrypt Function
One of the major problems in the database field is when people store sensitive data unencrypted into SQL Server. This article shows you one of the most basic ways to encrypt data to the casual viewer.
2007-09-22 (first published: 2001-07-17)
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Security Alerts and Information
A new security alert affecting SQL Server was released on June 12, 2001
2001-06-14
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2001-06-14
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2001-05-25
4,004 reads
Removing NT Administrators as Sysadmins
By default, all NT administrators of the domain that your SQL Server is installed in, have SA rights in every database. This presents interesting challenge for DBAs, political and technical. Does your NT administrator group need SA rights to every database? The answer is no.
2001-05-25
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More About the Fixed Database Roles
This article by Andy Warren provides an introduction to some of the fixed database roles and things to consider when using them.
2001-05-17
4,714 reads
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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