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hi..<br />
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i have never used it, but i see a Force Protocol Encryption checkbox in the sqlserver network utility tool window (SVRNETCN.EXE)...<br />
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i believe that should take care of it.<br />
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wanna try?
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hi..

i have never used it, but i see a Force Protocol Encryption checkbox in the sqlserver network utility tool window (SVRNETCN.EXE)...

i believe that should take care of it.

wanna try?

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I'm not familiar with the network utility tool -- where would I find this?<br />
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Any idea what the performance hit for encrypting traffic is like?
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I'm not familiar with the network utility tool -- where would I find this?

Any idea what the performance hit for encrypting traffic is like?

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Well... right now I only have a production server up and running... I might just wait until I get a test server running before I enable that one! Thanks for the help.
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Well... right now I only have a production server up and running... I might just wait until I get a test server running before I enable that one! Thanks for the help.

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heres another link...which i think u might have come across probably...but check it out if u havent<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316898&sd=tech" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316898&sd=tech</a><br />
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theres another utility that allows client network configuration...starting with CLI.. (CLI*.EXE)...dont remember the name...check it out too...<br />
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heres another link...which i think u might have come across probably...but check it out if u havent

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316898&sd=tech [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316898&sd=tech]

theres another utility that allows client network configuration...starting with CLI.. (CLI*.EXE)...dont remember the name...check it out too...



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Is it possible to encrypt traffic between a SQL server and a VB .Net app using the SQLClient objects?<br />
If so,<br />
a) how?<br />
b) what methods of encryption are possible?<br />
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Thank you.
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Is it possible to encrypt traffic between a SQL server and a VB .Net app using the SQLClient objects?
If so,
a) how?
b) what methods of encryption are possible?

Thank you.

Encrypting traffic between SQL server and a VB .Net app

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