Question

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I am connecting to SQL Server 2005. i have configured the certificate on the server and have been able to force encryption form the server successfully.

The problem is that i cannot use forced encryption from the server because that breaks another system. So we need to force encryption from the client side.

how do i connect to the server using secure connection?

Answer 1

Set the Encrypt property to True in the connection string builder. Or add Encrypt=Yes on the connection string, but using a connection string builder is so much better.

This is also described in the SQL Protocols team blog:

For a per-connection basis, the
encryption option can be specified in
the connection string. E.g., using
the "Encrypt=yes" keyword as a
connection attribute.