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Can I use Encryptionizer to protect a database from the DBA?

April 26, 2017database DBA encryptionizer protect

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Can I use Encryptionizer to protect a database from the DBA?

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In many cases, yes Ask us how. This is often important to developers distributing an MSSQL- or MSDE-based application. They want to ensure that the end user can only access the database through the supplied application, not through Enterprise Manager or Query Analyzer. Just changing the SA password is not enough! The end user can easily foil this. For example, they can: copy the database to a fresh install of MSDE or SQL Server; or restore the backup to a different instance of SQL Server; or even overwrite your Master database with one from a fresh install of SQL Server or MSDE.

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In many cases, yes. Ask us how. This is often important to developers distributing an MSSQL Server or SQL Express-based application. They want to ensure that the end user can only access the database through the supplied application, not through Enterprise Manager or Query Analyzer. Just changing the SA password is not enough! The end user can easily foil this. For example, they can: copy the database to a fresh install of SQL Express or SQL Server; or restore the backup to a different instance of SQL Server; or even overwrite your Master database with one from a fresh install of SQL Server or SQL Express.