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In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification.

-- 1. Restrict cipher_key_table access (REVOKE + Row-Level Security) -- 2. Replace register_cipher_key(text,text) with register_cipher_key(text,text,text) -- that accepts a separate master passphrase ...

DROP OPERATOR CLASS IF EXISTS public.hash_text_enc_ops USING hash; DROP OPERATOR FAMILY IF EXISTS public.hash_text_enc_ops USING hash; DROP OPERATOR CLASS IF EXISTS ...

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