JDBC SQL Server

Safeguard Your Data with the Right JDBC SQL Server Driver

Data-driven distributed Java applications working with a SQL Server back end are subject to a range of known security threats including packet sniffing, credential theft, SQL injection, and DoS attacks. Application designers and administrators must carefully consider the security implications of each major architectural element, including the JDBC SQL Server database driver that mediates between the user application and the back-end database. Your JDBC SQL Server driver can strengthen overall application security or weaken it depending on the driver’s design and engineering.

Progress DataDirect: The Most Secure JDBC SQL Server Driver

Progress® DataDirect is the leading provider of enterprise-class data connectivity solutions. Our Connect® drivers for JDBC SQL Server and other JDBC environments do more to safeguard your sensitive application data than any other JDBC drivers on the market. The Connect SQL Server driver for JDBC delivers robust security functionality including:

• Single Sign-On integration. Progress DataDirect Connect drivers support NTLM or Kerberos authentication mechanisms, enabling you to incorporate database access into a secure Single Sign-On architecture.
• Secure communication architecture. The Connect JDBC SQL Server driver utilizes a unique “over the wire” protocol that lets it communicate with the SQL Server back end directly over TCP/IP rather than through a mediating set of database client libraries. By removing the need for database client libraries, Connect for JDBC SQL Server eliminates a potential security vulnerability, as well as a known cause of memory leaks.
• Built-in data encryption support. Connect for JDBC SQL Server supports industry-standard SSL/TLS data encryption, as well as the RDBMS’s native encryption algorithms. By having your Connect driver encrypt communications between it and your SQL Server back end, you can ensure that any messages intercepted in the network would be impossible to read or to intelligibly modify.

By leveraging these rich security features and others built into the Connect JDBC SQL Server driver, you can reduce the need for security-oriented application coding or for purchasing additional security software. In this way, Connect for JDBC SQL Server not only helps to safeguard your data, but also reduces your application TCO.

Complete Data Connectivity and Integration Solutions

The industry-leading security and performance features that distinguish the Connect JDBC SQL Server driver can also be found in our ADO.NET data providers and in our full range of ODBC drivers, including our Microsoft SQL Server ODBC driver and our driver for Informix ODBC. You can do a convenient JDBC SQL Server download from our Web site, or download any of our other drivers.

For mainframe environments, Progress also offers a range of high-performance, mainframe enterprise integration solutions.

Learn more about Progress DataDirect JDBC drivers, or download a driver today and start your free trial.