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Secure Random Text Strings in SQL Server

Thu 2-Nov-2017Thu 25-Feb-2016 by Ollie

There are a lot of uses for hard-to-guess random text strings in the world of web applications. They’re good for session keys, nonces, and other such things to slow down cybercriminals. I had the occasion to figure out how to generate them in SQL Server. That DBMS includes a source of random numbers. Here’s what … Read more

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