Laurentiu Cristofor's blog @microsoft.com : October 2005

SQL Server 2005: using symmetric keys to encrypt data: In SQL Server 2005, the recommended method for encrypting data is to use symmetric keys. In this post, I'd like to comment on three topics related to using symmetric keys: 1) basics of using a symmetric key 2) ways to restrict access to a symmetric key Read More...
Posted 14 October 05 05:21 by lcris | 16 Comments
Filed under SQL Server - cryptography, SQL Server, computer security, encryption
A new blog link: Here's a link to a new blog that a colleague has started: http://blogs.msdn.com/yukondoit/ . The first entry is about the various levels of data protection in SQL Server 2005 and you can access it at: http://blogs.msdn.com/yukondoit/articles/480854.aspx Read More...
Posted 13 October 05 05:15 by lcris | 0 Comments
Filed under SQL Server - general, SQL Server, announcements
Converting SQL Server 2005 certificates to PFX format: I just found a very nice article on Kyle Alons 's blog, about how to convert a certificate from the cer/pvk format to the pfx format: http://www.kinook.com/blog/?p=10 Read More...
Posted 05 October 05 10:11 by lcris | 0 Comments
Filed under SQL Server - cryptography, SQL Server, computer security

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