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How are Web servers protected?
When we think about how to protect our information systems against attack, the typical things that come to mind are firewalls, encryption and applying the latest software patches. These technical solutions are often where the information security focus is both monetary and administrative.
What is security on Web servers?
Server security is just one part of a broader, holistic network security strategy. Whereas server security refers specifically to the measures taken to protect your web servers and the data they process, network security also includes things like firewalls and antivirus software to protect other parts of the network.
Can a web application access a SQL Server database?
When a Web application involves database access, it must provide credentials to SQL Server (that is, it must log in to SQL Server) just as any other user or process would. In a Web application, this can introduce complications.
What does it mean to have a secure database?
In the traditional sense, this means keeping your database server in a secure, locked environment with access controls in place to keep unauthorized people out. But it also means keeping the database on a separate physical machine, removed from the machines running application or web servers.
How does Azure App service connect to SQL database?
The example shows a typical combination of hosting a web application in Azure App Service and connecting to Azure SQL Database. The web app can securely connect to a backend database over a fully private connection.
Can a web app connect to a SQL managed instance?
If you already have SQL Managed Instance but are using multi-tenant App Service, you can still use regional VNet Integration to connect to the SQL Managed Instance private address. As an alternative to the Private Endpoint, you can use a Service Endpoint to secure the database.