Driver ODBC SQL Server

Ensuring Security in Your ODBC Driver for SQL Server

There are many security vulnerabilities inherent in distributed applications, including applications that employ ODBC to access Microsoft SQL Server back ends. Packet sniffing, SQL injection, and DoS attacks are just a few of the risks that application developers and system administrators need to guard against. The right ODBC driver for SQL Server can be an integral part of overall application security design.

Progress® DataDirect Connect® drivers for ODBC are the most secure database drivers in the industry. In fact, using a DataDirect Connect ODBC driver for SQL Server is one of the best proactive security measures you can take to guard against network and database access vulnerabilities.

Progress DataDirect ODBC Drivers Secure Your Valuable Data

Progress DataDirect is the world leader in data connectivity and integration products and solutions. Unlike competing products, our Connect ODBC driver for SQL Server includes comprehensive security mechanisms as standard features, ensuring secure data exchange between user applications and the SQL Server back end. Available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, our ODBC driver for SQL Server helps to protect your critical business data in a variety of ways, including:

• OS authentication. The Connect ODBC driver for SQL Server seamlessly integrates into Kerberos-based or NTLM authentication mechanisms. This enables you to incorporate database access into a Single Sign-On environment, with all the security benefits that such an environment brings.
• Data encryption. Unlike competing products, our ODBC driver for SQL Server includes encryption support as part of its core functionality, using either industry standard SSL/TLS or the native encryption algorithms supported by the database. With a Connect ODBC driver, you can choose to have your applications automatically encrypt data exchanged between them and the SQL Server database. This will ensure that even if intercepted, any captured data will be unreadable and impossible to modify in any meaningful way.
• “Wire protocol” architecture. Progress DataDirect ODBC drivers employ a unique wire protocol design that eliminates the need for database vendor client libraries. This design not only eliminates a point of vulnerability, it also greatly improves driver performance and simplifies installation and administration.

Like all Progress DataDirect connectivity products, our ODBC SQL Server driver solutions, such as a Microsoft SQL server ODBC driver, are subjected to the industry’s most extensive proprietary tests. Rock-solid reliability, along with superior performance and advanced security features, have made Progress DataDirect Connect the most widely used third-party ODBC drivers on the market.

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Drivers for Every Environment

Whatever data connectivity solution you may search for, Progress DataDirect has the best driver: ODBC SQL Server or any Microsoft ODBC drivers scenario. DataDirect also provides SQL server drivers for a JDBC SQL Server connection; or a driver JDBC ODBC suite.