At present, SQL Server 2008 continues to support two modes for validating connections and authenticating access to database resources: (Windows Authentication Mode) and (SQL Server and Windows ...

I've got a SQL server that I'm reviewing that uses mixed mode authentication. I have an entry in the syslogins table that lists a user with a NULL password, this user is an NTUser that does have ...

If it isn’t selected on your system, select it. We’ll use Windows Authentication Mode as opposed to SQL Server Mixed Mode. (Mixed Mode comprises Windows Security and SQL Server’s own ...

The login is the object of authentication, proving who you are. SQL Server supports Windows Authentication (also known as “Trusted”) and SQL Server Authentication (“non-Trusted” – doesn ...

I realized after reviewing the past few posts that I omitted a new piece of functionality introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. This feature, known as Extended Protection for Authentication (Extended ...

As a bonus, when a valid certificate is installed on a SQL Server 2000 host, the server can encrypt all authentication packets even when SSL data encryption isn’t being used. In previous versions ...

The report relies on a database on ServerA. They design the data source for the report to rely on Windows Authentication to the SQL Server instance on ServerA. They then deploy the report (which ...

When researching biometric devices, you need to know that Oracle's SQL*Net authentication layer mainly uses Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) and client/server protocol (RFC 2138 ...