How to Secure Sql Server Communications

Building Secure ASP.NET Applications: Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Communication

It is often vital for applications to be able to secure the data passed to and from a SQL Server database server. With SQL Server 2000, you can use SSL to create an encrypted channel. This How To shows you how to install a certificate on the database server, configure SQL Server for SSL and to verify that the channel is secure.

- MSDN

A Secure SQL Server

Microsoft SQL servers are one of the favorite targets for Internet hackers, primarily because of the activity of worms (e.g. SQL Spida, Slammer) spreading through this service, secondly because the access to unsecured, however Internet-connected SQL servers is quite easy. In this article I would like to describe the rules for safeguarding the Microsoft SQL Server service to help you, dear readers, prevent yourselves from the consequences of possible attacks.

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