Replication plays important role within the data-driven events in an Enterprise, vital to the sales-work force type of management. DBAs will always have a primary focus in providing protection for the data assets stored in SQL Server. Protection that covers the security and data recoverability is also...
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Few things you need to consider before letting the users use Reporting Services within a DMZ environment where the Servers are exposed to the INternet and to safeguard the servers from hackers. In this case you must be aware that SQL Server uses TCP port 1433 and UDP port 1434, change it to a different...
Skype is a good example of how defying open standards can result in a better product. H.323, the first attempt at VoIP standard, failed miserably. SIP stands much better chance but there are numerous issues with SIP operator interconnections and crossing organisational perimeter. Skype doesn't have...
There are few simple steps involved to monitor the replication actvites, as usual with Replication Monitor is useful to monitor the overall health of a replication topology. Replication Monitor provides detailed information on the status and performance of publications and subscriptions, allowing you...
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DEF CON , an "underground" information security conference (appropriately held in an upscale hotel in the entertainment capital of the US) is on, together with sister Black Hat Briefings, and the fresh crop of FUD is already making it to the business press worldwide. There's nothing like...
This notes are to help integrating Java applications into Kerberos environments (most likely Active Directory-based). It's not a cookbook but gives few pointers that I find useful. Background I have integrated Windows Kerberos environment with alien platforms before. See, for example, my notes on...
When you implement smart card logon on a Windows domain, sometimes you may receive the following error message: The system could not log you on. The server authenticating you reported an error (0xC00000BB). You can find further details in the event log. Please report this error to the system administrator...
When I had a chance to know about encryption features in SQL Server I always go with books online as a first hand information, but there is more to ask about this feature in 2005 version: Have you ever thought about encryption in SQL Server, how to implement it? What you need to know to implement cryptographic...