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November 2006 - Posts

Microsoft SQL vs Oracle : David Litchfield Comparison Paper

From what most will consider a more authoritative source than me, David Litchfield, a new paper addresses the question Which database is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft . I recently analyzed the first year of SQL Server 2005 in SQL Server 2005 - 1 Year Read More...
Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 6:17 PM by jrjones | 4 Comments

Interview with SophosLabs Director Mark Harris

As part of my follow up research into Sophos Anti-Virus’s built in Behavior Blocking / Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) software (as discussed in my blog entry No 64-bit Windows Vista Security from <YourVendor> ?, Give Sophos a Try ), I found Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:19 PM by jrjones | 0 Comments
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Enterprise Strategy Group on SQL 2005: ``Microsoft Years Ahead...''

UPDATE: Download the full report PDF With a year's track-record, SQL Server 2005's positive security performance is being noticed beyond just my own observations ( SQL Server 2005 - 1 Year And Not Yet Counting... ). Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a Read More...
Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:31 PM by jrjones | 2 Comments

Get Your Windows Vista Security Guide

I went by and picked up DVDs of Windows Vista x86 and x64 for my machines yesterday and am excited to install the final bits. Note that the team also published an online security guide yesterday, which I highly recommend if you are managing machines in Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:16 PM by jrjones | 0 Comments
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SQL Server 2005 - 1 Year And Not Yet Counting...

Vulnerabilities, that is. It has been about a year now since SQL Server 2005, so I thought this would be a good time to review how it has done security-wise. The latest SQL Server product from Microsoft has had zero vulnerabilities disclosed or fixed Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 9:51 PM by jrjones | 8 Comments

Microsoft and Novell Linux Partnership

I've gotten quite a few questions about what this partnership means, but I think the best response is to point people to Bill Hilf on Port25 . Bill is the GM for platform strategy and the original guy who got the Linux/OSS interoperability lab started Read More...
Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 12:54 AM by jrjones | 0 Comments
 
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