March 2, 2010 - DiscountASP.NET, a leader in Windows hosting, announces enhancing security of their SQL Server hosting platform through support of SSL encrypted SQL communication with their SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005 servers and in both the US and UK datacenter locations.
"We offer a secure web-based SQL manager powered by myLittleTools and we support industry standard SQL authentication for our SQL hosting offering, but we wanted to provide our customers with an extra level of security," said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET. "Our customers now have the option of using SSL encryption over the line when connecting with their SQL databases on our SQL hosting platform."
With this security enhancement, DiscountASP.NET customers can use SQL Management Studio and use the "Encrypt Connection" option when connecting to their database.
About DiscountASP.NET:
DiscountASP.NET is an innovative global leader in Microsoft Windows hosting, focused on providing the best value in ASP.NET hosting and SQL Server database hosting. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, DiscountASP.NET was one of the first hosting providers to offer SQL 2008 hosting and SQL 2005 hosting. Through strong word-of-mouth and their commitment to ASP.NET and SQL Server technology, DiscountASP.NET has become the choice for affordable enterprise-class ASP.NET web hosting. For more information, visit www.DiscountASP.NET
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