Re: Level3 routing issues?

["C. Jon Larsen" <jlarsen () richweb com>]

On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Avleen Vig wrote:

[snip]

> Let's not blame MS for admins who don't know how to secure their boxes
> :-)
> A patch was released mid-2002 and was also part of SQL Server SP3

Would it not also be a good idea/practice *not* to ever let a MS SQL 
server (or *any* database server) sit on a network that is directly 
accessible from the internet ?  Having a firewall(s) in front of your 
database server regardless of the type is pretty much common sense, right?

Its bad enough to be stuck having to run/support IIS and MSSQL in any 
scenario, but letting MSSQL talk to the world just seems like asking for 
even more trouble.

-jon

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