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SQL Server - Fact Checking Recent Vulnerability History

UPDATE: The story that originally got my attention has been updated in all of the places I could still find it yesterday, so I'm pulling my references to the story and just focusing on the positive story of SQL Security improvement. Jeff Last week a web-based Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:53 PM by jrjones | 13 Comments

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 | 7 Comments

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

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

Oracle Announces Unbreakable Linux (aka Red Hat)

And by "unbreakable", of course, they mean that if you drop the shrinkwrap box on the floor, the CDs won't break because it's really well padded. At least, that's what I think it means, because I don't see how anybody could think it means unbreakable Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:07 PM by jrjones | 2 Comments
 
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