Re: Encrypting data over the network

From: Andrew J. Kelly (sqlmvpnooospam_at_shadhawk.com)
Date: 08/28/03 

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:32:37 -0400

ADO does not do any encryption like this. You should look at using the
MultiProtocol netlib to encrypt the data passing back and forth across the
wire from the client to the server. Look for "Multiprotocol Net-Library" in
BooksOnLine for more info. 

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Andrew J. Kelly
SQL Server MVP
"Tony" <GinoSoft@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:06be01c36cdc$0c4b4410$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I would like to encrypt data as they are sent over
> the netowrk to a client running a VB6 application.
> Can someone please help me figure out if ADO encrypts
> the data or not?  I use ADO in the VB application to
> retireve the data and I prefer to use OLE DB, although
> I will use ODBC if that is the only way to encrypt the
> data.  Thanks, Tony.

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