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M. McGiffenPro Encryption in SQL Server 2022https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8664-7_18

18. Encryption In Transit Using Transport Layer Security

Matthew McGiffen1  
(1)
Bristol, UK
 

When we talk about encryption in transit, we are talking about encrypting data as it is transferred across the network from one machine to another. This is an important aspect of encryption to implement as unencrypted data could be intercepted. The so-called “man in the middle” attack is an example of this, where an attacker might position themselves in the middle of the communication between an application and SQL Server, perhaps impersonating a network router, in order to intercept ...

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