Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Web Edition: is it suitable for "closed" websites?

Can Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Web Edition be used in "closed" websites, which are hosted on the Internet, but require users to log in?

We are developing a web application for banks. This is a website for clients of the bank; it allows clients to log in and view information on their personal banking accounts, stock portfolios, etc.

Can this web app use SQL Server 200开发者_如何学Go8 Web Edition?

Here is information on this edition of SQL Server:

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/web.aspx

It is said on this page that Web Edition can be used only on "public and Internet accessible ... Web applications". Technically, the web app we are developing is public and Internet accessible - although it requires authentication. Won't using Web Edition in our web app violate SQL Server license terms?

Thank you.

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Yes, perfectly. The website is public (everyone can see the login screen) and it is internet accessible (as in: accessed from / through the internet). You probably have a larger public site, actually, with some news and legal discplaimers.

As the authentication you do will be WITHIN the app, it is totally within the limits that the license says.

(and yes, I am SPLA license holder, so I know the SPUR you ahve to follow)