Saturday, February 9, 2008

SQL Server encryption vs. hashing for data security

SQL Server encryption vs. hashing for data security
Choosing between ata encryption and data hashing is a fairly new concept for the SQL Server database administrator and developer. Yet, network and software engineers have been dealing with data encryption at the network level and from the Web server to the client for many years. While we've had the capabilities to encrypt data for some time, whether it be encrypting within the client application or through third-party DLLs attached to SQL Server as an extended stored procedure, Microsoft didn't include native encryption and hashing technologies in Microsoft SQL Server until SQL Server 2005. ...

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