RE: Databases

["Trevor Cushen" <Trevor.Cushen () sysnet ie>]

All can be made equally secure to a high standard some way or another
I'm sure.  Look at the www.iss.net site under their database scanner
product.  There should be white papers etc.  Each products site will
have white papers also.

-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Meade [mailto:ben () lanwest com au] 
Sent: 09 April 2003 04:38
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Databases



Hey all,

I've been given the task of evaluating various database servers with
regards to security, and would like to solicit opinions. The databases I
am interested in are:

PostgressSQL 7.3
MS SQL Server 2K
Interbase 6 & 7
Sybase 12.5
Access 2K

If anybody has any information, whitepapers, anecdotes etc on securing
these databases, I would be grateful.

PS I know that MS Access and security do not belong in the same
sentence. The order came from on high to include this "as a comparison".

Thanks all,

Benjamin Meade
System Administrator
LanWest Pty Ltd
Ph:  (08) 9440 3033
Fax: (08) 9440 3370



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