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Posted by AlterEgo on 02/27/07 17:27
Joshua,
It sounds to me like the network Nazis just don't want to take the time to
add another security layer which should be in place anyway. I agree
wholeheartedly with Strider. Work with your boss to build a case.
1. Your security layer should already be blocking incoming and outgoing port
25 for all servers and workstations except your mail server. If not, there
is already a significant security issue. If you have local admin rights to
your workstation, set up a local SMTP server and send a few emails through
the firewall. If they make it through, then you've exposed a security hole
far greater than just email on servers.
2. Determine what the ongoing costs (your time) are to continue doing things
this way. Compare it to the one-time cost (network admin to configure the
firewall) to protect the servers. Come up with a break-even analysis, which
may be be a couple of months. Show how much money it will cost over the next
two years if the status quo is maintained.
Good luck,
-- Bill
<jlaustill@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hey yall,
>
> I have a problem, I'm a DBA for about 250 databases. I currently have
> ZERO means of notification on them. I put together an entire plan for
> using SQL mail, got a pop3 account set up and all that jazz, but when
> I put the request into my company to get outlook installed on my sql
> servers they shut me down. The security guys said no email on servers
> period even if it's outgoing only because someone might hack it. As
> far as I know that's really the only way to shoot information about my
> maintenance plans and other notifications I need.
>
> So with out being allowed to use mail, can anyone suggest any means of
> getting this information? I looked for a central control panel or
> dashboard for sql server and couldn't find anything. It would be
> really nice to have a program that could connect to all my sql servers
> and just pop up an alert if something goes wrong. What I'm down to
> now is just connecting to all these servers through enterprise manager
> and clicking down to the jobs and checking last run status' and
> checking stuff out that way, which is REALLY time consuming.
>
> Any suggestions would be so greatly appreciated here!!!
>
> Joshua
>
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