Re: sa loginname being hacked

From: Joseph Bittman MVP MCSD (RyanBittman_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:26:16 -0700

October 16, 2005

  Don't you have a router in place between the SQL Server and the outside
world? Can't you trace where the packets are coming from and block that
IP/Domain name? 

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                      Joseph Bittman
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"Pipo" <Pipo@home.com> wrote in message 
news:OAK3n%23l0FHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to change the sa as loginname?
> At work we are getting haked by 'brut-force', every second we are beinbg 
> attacked with sa and a password.
> It's a matter of time when the password will be hacked, so changing the 
> password isnt a solution.
> If we also can change the sa loginname we will be better of.
> Or is there something else we can do to prevent the hackers to get our sa 
> password?
>
> Many thanks
>

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