Encryption Choices / Best Practices For Hosted Environment (shared Server)
Aug 29, 2007
I'm building a hosted website and I am using SQL 2005.
The DBA for the host has told me that i can not encrypt a symmetric key with a certificate, when using that symmetric key for encryption. As i read that this method provided optimum performance/ security for encrypting columns of data.
The DBA told me i can use a cert or a symmetric key for encryption.
I have searched for comparisons and found a blog entry by Laurentiu Cristofor comparing certs with asymmetric keys. Which leads me to believe that certs and asymm are very different than symmetric keys.
My question is which is the best choice in a hosted environment for column encryption, a cert or symmetric key.
Which is more secure? Does one offer a significant performance (dis)advantage?
TIA
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Hi,
I need to connect to a SQL server thats running in say abc.trident.com and also sits in a shared environment..
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Is it because its sitting in a shared environment I am unable to view that?
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Should I mention fill the Server: field as
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// abc.trident.com/abc.trident.com
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<add name="Akamojo_APSNETDB" connectionString="Data Source=.SQLExpress; AttachDBFileName=|DataDirectory|Akamojo_ASPNETDB.mdf; Initial Catalog=Akamojo_ASPNETDB; Integrated Security=true; User Instance=true"/>
Here is the error that I get:
Could not open new database 'Akamojo_ASPNETDB'. CREATE DATABASE is aborted.
Cannot attach the file 'e:hostingmemberakamojoTournamentLogApp_DataAkamojo_ASPNETDB.mdf' as database 'Akamojo_ASPNETDB'.
File activation failure. The physical file name "c:inetpubwwwrootTournamentLogApp_DataAkamojo_ASPNETDB_log.LDF" may be incorrect.
The log cannot be rebuilt when the primary file is read-only.
The mdf file is not read only. In the hosted environment the database is on the E drive. In my dev environment the database is on the C drive. From the error message, it appears that when it tries to build the log file it is trying to build it on the C drive in a path that doesn't exist in the hosted environment.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
-Darrell
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Please forgive me if I have overlooked a thread that answers this question, but I assure you that I have looked.
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All--
Please help.
I have deployed my site to my shared host and I am getting the following RTE...
An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file... ..App_DataCommerceDB.mdf failed
...and I cannot find the issue.
Note that I have given Full-Permissions on root folder for the IUSR account and for the ASPNET account.
The full error message is below.
Anyway, do you have an suggestions?
My web hosting provider has advertised that they do support SQL Express 2005. What exactly do I need to ask them to do in order to get this working?
Please advise.
Thank you.
--Mark Kamoski
Server Error in '/mkamoski/S16' Application. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file c:hostingwebhost4lifemembermkamoskiS16App_DataCommerceDB.mdf failed. A database with the same name exists, or specified file cannot be opened, or it is located on UNC share. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file c:hostingwebhost4lifemembermkamoskiS16App_DataCommerceDB.mdf failed. A database with the same name exists, or specified file cannot be opened, or it is located on UNC share.
Source Error:
Line 88: ''' <returns></returns>
Line 89: Public Shared Function GetCart() As ShoppingCart
Line 90: Dim rdr As IDataReader = ShoppingCartProvider.Instance.CartGetCurrentCart(GetUserName())
Line 91: Dim cart As ShoppingCart = New ShoppingCart()
Line 92: cart.Load(rdr)
Source File: c:hostingwebhost4lifemembermkamoskiS16App_CodeBLLShoppingCartManager.vb Line: 90
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I have just moved the most recent of my .Net sites
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