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ravilobo
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 16:37:47
We are hosting a client’s data on our server. The client doesn’t want us to view the data, though we have sys admin access.

How ever we should be able to do DDL.

Is this possible in SQL2K5?


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tkizer
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 16:38:43
They need to encrypt their data.

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sodeep
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 16:40:36
What do you mean? We also have client data which they say we are not allowed to view? but how can you prevent sysadmin from it?
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tkizer
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 16:41:55
quote:
Originally posted by sodeep

What do you mean? We also have client data which they say we are not allowed to view? but how can you prevent sysadmin from it?



It's simple. They need to protect their data from us by encrypting it. Otherwise, we can see it.

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ravilobo
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 17:04:56
quote:
Originally posted by tkizer
They need to encrypt their data.


Is it something easily achievable?

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tkizer
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 17:10:50
No. They will need to make code changes.

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ravilobo
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 17:17:01
Can we encrypt from sql server or need some third party tool?


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tkizer
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 17:27:37
Check out the encryption section in BOL.

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Michael Valentine Jones
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 18:21:00
You could take away your sysadmin access, and let the client manage the server.



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