DiscountASP.NET, a Windows shared hosting firm has introduced new security improvements to its SQL Server hosting platform via SSL encrypted SQL communication with SQL 2009 and SQL 2005 servers in the U.S. and U.K.

“We offer a secure web-based SQL manager powered by myLittleTools, and we support industry standard SQL authentication for our SQL hosting offering, but we wanted to provide our customers with an extra level of security,” said Takeshi Eto, VP Marketing and Business Development at DiscountASP.NET.

“Our customers now have the option of using SSL encryption over the line when connecting with their SQL databases on our SQL hosting platform.”

DiscountASP.net offers a secure online SQL manager powered by myLittleTools, and it supports industry standard SQL authentication for SQL hosting.

With this security improvement, DiscountASP.Net customers can use SQL Management Studio and use the “Encryption Connection” option when connecting their database.