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SQL Server 2005: About login password hashes
There seem to be a couple of misconceptions around the SQL Server handling of login passwords. Hopefully, by the end of this post, you will have a much clearer idea about what is going on under the covers. Note that this refers to the passwords of logins Read More...
Posted 30 April 07 09:22 by lcris | 1 Comments   
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SQL Server 2005 security presentations at PASS - Pre Conference
If you missed the PASS Pre Conference security presentations, you can now catch up by viewing them online: http://cmcgc.com/Media/WMP/261115/ . Read More...
Posted 08 December 06 08:49 by lcris | 0 Comments   
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Who needs encryption?
For those that read my previous posts, the question in the title may be startling. I want to reassure you from the start: this post is not about encryption being a useless technique; it is just about it not being a solution for certain problems and definitely Read More...
Posted 30 November 06 06:07 by lcris | 4 Comments   
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SQL Server 2005: Example for how to allow a user to encrypt but not decrypt
I've received this question a couple of times before: is it possible to restrict a user to encrypt data, but not be able to decrypt it? The answer to this is yes, but before I present the solution, let's discuss a little how symmetric keys are used. What Read More...
Posted 13 January 06 11:32 by lcris | 9 Comments   
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About security and encryption with references to SQL Server 2005
There have been many books written on security and encryption, and there is much talk about security these days. I will not bring anything new with this post to the general topic of security, but I would like to present some ideas in condensed format. Read More...
Posted 20 December 05 02:06 by lcris | 8 Comments   
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