Provides connectivity, authentication, and troubleshooting guidance for Amazon RDS for SQL Server. Applicable when users ask about SSMS times out connecting from EC2, Cannot generate SSPI context with Windows auth, connect RDS SQL Server from Lambda with pymssql, auth_scheme shows NTLM instead of KERBEROS on ECS Fargate, SSM tunnel to RDS SQL Server from laptop, port 1433 security group, TrustServerCertificate=True for localhost tunnels, SPN MSSQLSvc, AWS Managed Microsoft AD, CNAME not RDS endpoint for Kerberos, tds_version='7.4', encryption='require', port-as-string for pymssql, Secrets Manager credential caching in Lambda, error 18456 login failed. Covers Python (pymssql, pyodbc), .NET (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient), Java (JDBC mssql-jdbc), Node.js (tedious), IAM auth via RDS Proxy, and VPC/ECS/EKS/Lambda deployment.
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Safety
BB: 4 or more lows, or any medium1 severity-bearing · 1 informational
Safety · gatev1 · = 65dce74 · assessed 2w ago
B1 severity-bearing · 1 informational
Graded from 1 severity-bearing finding on this release.
A gate; it passes or fails, never weighed against price or quality.
Reliability & Quality
B0 findings
Reliability & Qualityv1 · = 65dce74 · assessed 2w ago
B0 findings
Graded from 0 severity-bearing findings on this release.
Findings with severity, graded on the same letter scale as safety.
Cost
n/anot assessed
Costv1 · = 65dce74 · assessed 2w ago
n/anot assessed
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into this category. An absence, not a zero.
Declared external service dependencies. Never a monetary figure.
not assessed
Popularity
380Forks
Popularity · not a figurev1 · = 65dce74 · assessed 2w ago
380Forks
Read off the linked repository, not off this record. It carries no verdict and enters no grade.
Context read off the linked repository. It enters no ranking and no grade.
Performance tested for◌ not assessed
no controlled task evaluation on this release
Repo★ 2.9k○·380 forks·24 watchers·57 open issues·last commit 0d old when scanned
▲References external URL — review for indirect prompt injection riskflaggedExternal URL(s) detected in SKILL.md — referenced content can change after auditvettd · scan · 2wMedium
▲Skill does not specify a licenseflaggedSKILL.md — Skill manifest does not include a 'license' field. Specifying a license helps users understand usage terms.cisco · scan · 2wInfo
◌Secrets scan passednothing foundNo secrets or unsafe code patterns were detected.vettd · scan · 2wnothing found
◌behavioral scan passednothing foundNo prompt-injection or jailbreak signals were detected.vettd · scan · 2wnothing found
◌Name validation passednothing foundThe declared skill name follows the supported naming rules.vettd · scan · 2wnothing found
Not assessed; no producer has emitted into cost for this asset. That is different from a check that ran and found nothing, which the record would carry as a row of its own.
assessed2w ago · Cisco AI Defense · Vettd core● current
source stateThe source matches what was scanned. No changes detected.Up to date
re-check policyre-checked against the upstream source on the scheduler's cadencenext check in 19h
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Limitations & open conflicts
limitationCost is not assessed: behaviour there is unmeasured, not clean△ gap
conflictno two sources report the same quantity on this record
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Signal kinds
▲ finding: something to act on, carries a severity● measurement: a reproducible quantityƒ estimate: inferred from a sample▪ fact: read directly off the artifact◆ classification: assigned from a taxonomy◌ nothing found: a producer looked and emitted no object◇ context only: described, never graded
Custody marks
◐ computed by vettd○ declared by the publisher, as-is△ not assessed: nothing looked
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