Tag Archives: security

Protecting the SA Account

Posted on March 29, 2016 by way0utwest

The sa account is a well, known, built in account for SQL Server. Years ago, in previous versions, I’d see people often use the “sa” account for development, usually with a blank password. Even those speakers and experts often showed … Continue reading →

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Protecting sa

Posted on March 25, 2016 by way0utwest

Built in accounts are both a help and and a hindrance. Years ago I was working on a SQL Server 4.2 system, where I was an administrator. The database was very unstable, and we were trying to determine if it … Continue reading →

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Open is Not Necessarily More Secure

Posted on March 3, 2016 by way0utwest

Researchers found a bug in glibc. This library has been around for a long time, used in lots, and lots of software. I’m sure there are some programmers unaware that they coded in software that itself used glibc. However, despite … Continue reading →

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Create a Database Master Key–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on February 29, 2016 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. One of the first things you need in a SQL Server database in order to implement encryption is a … Continue reading →

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