Hi Tracy!

>From the dba's point of view: ideally that is true, unless the firewall is configured to block it!
>From the Security Mgr's point of view: no way, the firewall will block it!

Well, depending on the installation of course, they could allow access from a specific IP address. That IP address could be that of a consultant/DBA doing maintenance on the server. You can also change the port that SQL Server listens to and of course, make sure the sa password is something like *@&#&hsdjs&@Jska7263&@&#hskj@Knsj23820sjsjWJ@(SJ@)&!^!&@jdsld9lfot)(**038482jkjdhru&@^(#kjwhwlql298473KSJS28472hdmne,clkwe839((9298282L4&@

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