I went over to Yishun Library to see what cool books i can borrow. I found three! PCI compliance by David King etal from syngress Microsoft SQL 2008 Implemention and Maintenance Training Kit Mastering System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 Cool stuff, I estimate i saved around 200 USD from not having to buy the […]
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From WordPress site: Posted August 12, 2009 by Matt. Filed under Releases, Security. Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database […]
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If one were to buy a PC and your neighborhood dealer installed pirated windows on it, should this dealer be liable for loss of data that results from the windows version crashing? As most of you know, a pirated version of Windows may not be able to update itself, or download patches that make it […]
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I just applied sql2008 service pack 1 and the problem went away!
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I came across a security warning from Microsoft Baseline Analyzer as it was checking out the security posture of a SQL deployment. It highlighted the need for me to “Restrict CmdExec access to Sysadmin”. For the life of me, I didnt know how to do this, and a quick search didnt show any relevant results. […]
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