Hi,

page 14 of your presentation "Security Enhancements in SQL Server 2008" suggests that

"Kerberos possible without SPN registered in AD"

could you pls point me towards a resource explaining how this...

You can close this thread,

read the below links with the explanation of the problem and the ultimate fix.

SynAttackProtect

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2010/06/10/windows-server-2003-network-boogey-men-every-dba-should-know.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sql_protocols/archive/2006/04/12/574608.aspx

TCP Chimney Offload

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942861

Query Timeout problem

You can close this thread,

read the below links with the explanation of the problem and the ultimate fix.

SynAttackProtect

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2010/06/10/windows-server-2003-network-boogey-men-every-dba-should-know.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sql_protocols/archive/2006/04/12/574608.aspx

TCP Chimney Offload

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942861

Query Timeout problem