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Re: IIS SQL Injection woes...

__/ [ Dave Sexton ] on Friday 05 January 2007 10:45 \__

> "Robert Heller" <heller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9d918$459e2772$404a99a1$9365@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> At 5 Jan 2007 01:12:22 -0800 sinbuzz@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm curious about the best way to avoid SQL Injection attacks against
>>> my web server.
>>>
>>> Currently I'm on IIS.
>>>
>>> I might be willing to switch to something like Apache but I'm not sure
>>> if SQL Injection is
>>> is a generic enough of an attack to cause me worries once I make the
>>> switch.
>>
>> I believe the SQL Injection attacks are unique to IIS.  Switching to
>> Apache would be a smart move.
>>
>>>
>>> Also, I'm looking for ways to prevent hackers from stealing adult
>>> content from my site.
>>
>> Apache + Linux.
>>
>>>
>>> ...Bob
>>> http://SinBuzz.com
>>> [ For those who live in Sin ]
>>>
>
> Hi Robert,
> 
> IIS has nothing to do with SQL injection attacks, which can occur when your
> code constructs an SQL statement based on hard-coded SQL and user input.
> This can occur on any development platform, in any language and on any
> server.
> 
> It's simply a matter of design.

In case it helps judgment, Microsoft-Watch switched from Windows/ISS to Red
Hat GNU/Linux/Apache last month. The only think going for Windows/IIS are
brochures.

Best wishes,

Roy

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