On Nov 7, 2006, at 9:57 AM, johnf wrote:

> Of course you could add a VM with windows 2003 server and SQL 2000  
> - that
> would work.  That's what I do at my office.

        Well, yeah, but all those VM running at once tends to make the rest  
of the demo a bit slow. Also, I'd have to install the server OS and  
MSSQL, and to be honest, I've had it with OS installation for the  
time being!

> Not to sure about opening MSSQL
> to the internet.  The last time I did that it was attacked.

        <shock!>

> Of course we
> could change the port from the standard port.  But I think the  
> hackers will
> still find it.  Someone better than myself would have to set it up  
> because
> even with a sonicwall and a router I could not protect it for long.

        No, don't risk it. I don't think that I would, either.

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