Microsoft releases anti-Slammer tools
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft has released early versions of database security applications in reaction to the Slammer worm that wreaked havoc on the Internet last week. The software tools, posted on Microsoft's Web site, give systems administrators a way to check the company's SQL Server 2000 database for the Slammer worm and to address vulnerabilities. The fixes focus on versions of the database that run on network servers and on another version, called SQL Server Desktop Engine, that runs on desktop PCs.
SQL Server Desktop Engine 2000 is used by Microsoft and third-party software developers as a database server embedded in other applications. Microsoft offers it as an alternative file store for Office XP applications and for its Visual Studio.NET programming application.