What is in there and how important is it to you or your business?  Whether you are a political, non-profit or business entity, what does the loss of your data look like to you?  Even if your database is simply for personal use, we suspect that your data is of great value to you.

Here at r2 Scientific, we maintain a small SQL Server database that we use for development and testing.  It contains absolutely NOTHING of value.  No donor lists or credit card numbers. Regardless of that fact, it is under constant login attack.

This type of attack is at the network level and is not caught by virus software or scans.  Only a program like Sniffle that works at the packet transport level can catch such an attack.

Over a forty-eight-hour period, December 12^th and 13^th  2019, we captured, and responded to 919,144 login attempts from 25 countries.  At the attacks peak, we recorded 20 login attempts per second.  The actual data from this attack is available upon request.

Could your database withstand this type of attack?  And if so, what effect does it have on network and database performance?

Sniffle is aggressive. It tracks down the attacking computer and automatically sends the internet service provider a detailed complaint detailing the attack.  If the attack continues, Sniffle generates and sends a new report every hour until the attack ends.