I feel for you, KIK:

TruSecure pointed out the obvious vectors other than direct attached to the Internet:

Hibernated laptop

VPN

RAS

They provided easy access to the soft-underbelly of internal LANs that had solid...

Not sure why it's 8344. Any case, the 19011 MSSQLServer error connected with SpnRegister usually means you aren't able to register with an AD domain. If you aren't running in...

What error is reported in the error log?

K. Brian Kelley

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Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring

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OK. The only "official" message I have is the general SP3 announcement which is Jan 17. But they had the desktop builds available during beta testing.

K. Brian Kelley

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The error message is because something else has grabbed the port. 1433 is in the dynamic port range, unfortunately. Usually identifying the offending network application and stopping it frees up...

I will at some point, probably also compare it to HFNetChkLt. However, until I get into the nooks and crannies I can't comment much on it other than what we've...

We're implementing UpdateExpert from St. Bernard in our environment. They do most of the work for you as far as building the packages, knowing the order, etc.!

K. Brian Kelley

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Author: Start...

Jan 17th is when SP3 went live.

K. Brian Kelley

http://www.truthsolutions.com/

Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring

http://www.netimpress.com/shop/product.asp?ProductID=NI-SQL1

SUS wouldn't have helped in the case of SQL Slammer. From the FAQ:

quote:

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SUS supports updates for Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack...

Best policy on a firewall is the default deny all and then open up ports as needed. Blocking TCP/1433 wouldn't have worked in this case. Blocking UDP/1434 was required. Still,...

Could someone be attempting to connect as UserB (SQL Server) based on how they accessed the previous server? Could it be hard-coded in an app somewhere?

K. Brian Kelley

http://www.truthsolutions.com/

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timoteo,

As with Andy's suggestion, I'll be putting together an article on cross-database ownership chains in the very near future. I cover one of the main security concerns in my SP3...

What was the error specifically?

K. Brian Kelley

http://www.truthsolutions.com/

Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL Server Performance Monitoring

http://www.netimpress.com/shop/product.asp?ProductID=NI-SQL1

That's really odd. SQLmangr.exe shouldn't have anything to do with that toggle to start SQL Server Agent in case of failure.

K. Brian Kelley

http://www.truthsolutions.com/

Author: Start to Finish Guide to SQL...

I would say not lazy and I have several reasons for this:

1) One of the problems we face every day is the fact that 3rd party vendors do not want...