Guarding Against SQL Server Attacks: Hacking cracking and ...
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Hacking cracking and protection. techniques. In this information age the data server has become the heart of a company. This one ...
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Guarding Against SQL Server Attacks: Hacking cracking and protection techniques.Page 1Guarding Against SQL Server Attacks:Hacking cracking and protectiontechniques.In this information age the data server has become the heart of a company. This onepiece of software controls the rhythm of most organizations and is used to pumpinformation lifeblood through the arteries of the network. Because of the critical nature ofthis application the data server is also the one of the most popular targets for hackers. Ifa hacker owns this application he can cause the company's "heart" to suffer a fatal arrest.Ironically although most users are now aware of hackers they still do not realize howsusceptible their database servers are to hack attacks. Thus this article presents adescription of the primary methods of attacking database servers (also known as SQLservers) and shows you how to protect yourself from these attacks. You should note this information is not new. Many technical whitepapers go into greatdetail about how to perform SQL attacks and numerous vulnerabilities have been postedto security lists that describe exactly how certain database applications can be exploited.This article was written for the curious nonSQL experts who do not care to know thedetails and as a review to those who do use SQL regularly. For detailed informationabout specific attacks see the references section at the end of this article.What Is an SQL Server?A database application is a program that provides clients with access to data. There aremany variations of this type of application ranging from the expensive enterpriselevelMicrosoft SQL Server to the free and open source mySQL. Regardless of the flavor mostdatabase server applications have several things in common. First database applications use the same general programming language known as SQLor Structured Query Language. This language also known as a fourthlevel language dueto its simplistic syntax is at the core of how a client com ...
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