DBD :: ODBC (spaces are in place because it triggers a smiley) comes to mind, but you'll need an ODBC Driver Manager. Example here:

http://www.easysoft.com/products/9999/documentation/perl_tutorials/dbd_odbc_tutorial1.html

Another option would...

How are they connecting (Enterprise Manager, app)? Are you sure they are providingt he correct connection information whether it be the dialog box or a connection string?

Do this instead.

Create an IPSEC policy to block udp/1434 both inbound and outbound. If you do that, unless someone is doing a port scan on your SQL Server, they won't...

From the information in the error log, no. You can run a trace (profiler or by using the stored procedures) and determine what the client is passing as a hostname....

Are you running SQL Server 7.0 (prior to SP3)? If so, take a look at:

FIX: DBCC ShrinkDatabase or ShrinkFile Commands May Cause Errors 5042 and 3140...

I've been bitten by the same problem and my behavior matches yours... I'll copy and paste to a side window for about a week after getting burned, but after that...

Chris' suggestion to remove BUILTIN\Administrators will keep their Windows logins from getting through on the server itself and it's probably the best you can do. It also fits the 80/20...

Can you run it in the same domain?

That's why there is movement towards biometrics and one time pads like the secure tokens from RSA Security. There isn't a password to remember, per se, although there is usually...

As Rudy as pointed out, there is no capability for this. In SQL Server 2000 if I hold CREATE PROCEDURE rights, I can use the code originally developed by ShoeBoy...

Serveral security experts have theorized that at some point "the walls will come down." What I mean by that is traditional concepts of perimeter security will finally be laid to...

Not disagreeing with you about sa. My original post indicated DBAs, per se, may be okay (although a virus attacking using Windows auth if the Windows account has sa privs...

There is a difference, though, when talking about the Windows world. For instance, the HTML-based email I receive in Outlook. Because of the fact that Microsoft uses the Internet Explorer...

Maybe for a DBA it's unnecessary, for someone holding domain admin privs, that's a different story entirely. Case in point: nimda.

If I'm running as a normal user account, think about...

If you have a sysadmin membered account, you can use NGSSquirrel or NGSSQLCrack from NGS Software (both commercial). Due to a weakness in the way they hash and store the...