Sometimes I want to go back to bed
After reading this post, I had to shake my head. There's nothing inherently "wrong" with the post itself, nor with what Shawn says. It's with the number stated by the NGC software survey of 368,000. I don't care about the mitigation caveate of 4% either, it's just insane! That many SQL Server instances running open on the net is like casually saying 368,000 Taliban have just entered the U.S. Capital building. I don't see any difference at all. Same thing. Shawn's post on MSDN Blogs covers some really useful information about configuring the Windows Firewall on WS08 to deal with SQL Server issues like this. I often wonder why there isn't a strict licensing requirement to run a computer like their is for operating on humans or flying aircraft. It might help to alleviate some of the stupidity that seems so prevalent.