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Depends on how you want to encrypt.<br />
If you are interested in at-rest encryption, then you can simply encrypt the storage media (bitlocker, efs, whatever) <br />
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If you want to do explicit encryption, then you need to alter apps to use the 2008 crypto primitives (such as <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174361.aspx" rel="ugc">ENCRYPTBYKEY</a> - that means coding changes.<br />
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if you want to do this without altering the code, then you need to follow <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934049%28v=sql.100%29.aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">this guide</a> to Transparent Data Encryption - might take a couple of looks before you get the idea, so feel free to post follow up questions in this thread for clarification :)
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Hi thank you for the info.<br />
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I was interested for encryption at rest and in transit, when data is moving. <br />
Without altering the code would be great. Is the transparent data encryption used when data is in transit?
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Hello experts,<br />
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DO you have any tutorial, suggestions &nbsp;on how to encrypt tables on database MSSQL 2008? <br />
Once they are encrypted, would it affect my ASP.net applications I have when i call such tables?<br />
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thank you
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Hello experts,

DO you have any tutorial, suggestions  on how to encrypt tables on database MSSQL 2008? 
Once they are encrypted, would it affect my ASP.net applications I have when i call such tables?


thank you

Encryption on database tables MSSQL 2008

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