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DataDirect Connect Drivers : Microsoft SQL Server Driver : Data Encryption
  
Data Encryption
The SQL Server driver supports SSL encryption for the following databases:
*Microsoft SQL Server 2012
*Microsoft SQL Server 2008
*Microsoft SQL Server 2005
*Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or higher
*Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) or higher
SSL secures the integrity of your data by encrypting information and providing authentication. See Data Encryption Across the Network for an overview.
Depending on your Microsoft SQL Server configuration, you can choose to encrypt all data, including the login request, or encrypt the login request only. Encrypting login requests, but not data, is useful for the following scenarios:
*When your application needs security, but cannot afford to pay the performance penalty for encrypting data transferred between the driver and server.
*Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and higher only. When the server is not configured for SSL, but your application still requires a minimum degree of security.
Note: When SSL is enabled, the driver communicates with database protocol packets set by the server’s default packet size. Any value set by the PacketSize property is ignored.
* Using SSL with Microsoft SQL Server
* Configuring SSL Encryption