Monthly Archives: November 2011

Shutting down for a week

Posted on November 17, 2011 by way0utwest

I try to speak and write about career things on a regular basis because I think they’re important topics for those of you working with SQL Server. Arguably they are as important as the technical stuff. One of the things … Continue reading →

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More SQL Injection

Posted on November 17, 2011 by way0utwest

One milly-yon sites hit by a SQL Injection attack. That happened according to a headline I saw recently, with an attack similar to Lizamoon affecting seven figures worth of ASP.NET sites. How can this still be happening on large scales? I’d like … Continue reading →

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Do You Want to be a DBA in Space?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by way0utwest

I had a chance to see a few of the DBA in Space videos before the contest was released and I shared them with my kids. My son’s first reaction was “can I go?” He couldn’t, but it did excite him a … Continue reading →

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The First Thing To Do After Creating Keys

Posted on November 15, 2011 by way0utwest

I’ve been looking at some security code in preparation for a few talks I plan on doing next year and there’s one thing I don’t see in many of the samples: backups. When you get ready to encrypt data in … Continue reading →

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