I'm currently working on setting up and enforcing a stricter password policy for the company I'm working for. Up to this point they did not have one. At all... The problem is, I don't know anything ...

Earlier this month, Sentrigo, Inc, issued a warning pointing to a vulnerability in Microsoft's SQL Server database where unencrypted passwords could be accessed by unauthorized individuals. The way ...

SQL Server uses an undocumented function, pwdencrypt() to produce a hash of the user’s password, which is stored in the sysxlogins table of the master database. This is probably a fairly common known ...