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218 Ensuring a Secure Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Installation
Ensuring Database Security When Using IT Assistant
If Microsoft SQL Server database is not detected when IT Assistant is
installed, the process installs a copy of SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition,
which is set to an authentication mode of trusted or Windows only. However,
other applications that may have previously installed MSDE or SQL Server,
including previous versions of IT Assistant, frequently chose either an
authentication mode of SQL or mixed mode, which allows SQL Server to
manage its own user IDs and passwords. In the case of early versions of
IT Assistant, the supervisor account password was set to either null or
dell. At a minimum, decrease the exposure to a network break-in by
changing these passwords to strings that correspond to the best practices
mentioned previously. A better option is to change the database
authentication mode to trusted or Windows only.