Re: how to encrypt db files



Hi Hassan,

Encrypting your data files can be a prudent measure (MSDE instance on a
field salesperson's laptop with customer data, for example). I
wouldn't necessarily recommend it on the server side.

Here is a nice how-to on encrypting your files using EFS...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bkelley/implementing_efs.asp

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