encryptbypassphrase and encrypting by using symmetric key

  • I wanted to know some details about sql server encryption

    a) What is the exact difference between encryptbypassphrase and encrypting using symmetric key which is protected by a password(while creating symmetric key it is encypted by using password not master key or certificate)

    b)Which one is more secure in those two?

    c) If i use the second method mentioned in question a) i.e encrypting using symmetric key which is protected by a password,then in any case after about a year if i want to change password then how it can be easily done?

  • winmansoft (3/14/2013)


    I wanted to know some details about sql server encryption

    a) What is the exact difference between encryptbypassphrase and encrypting using symmetric key which is protected by a password(while creating symmetric key it is encypted by using password not master key or certificate)

    b)Which one is more secure in those two?

    c) If i use the second method mentioned in question a) i.e encrypting using symmetric key which is protected by a password,then in any case after about a year if i want to change password then how it can be easily done?

    b) The second one, a key have more random value than pass phrase, so it is dificult to crack them.

    c) The password only protects access to a private key. So if you change them, the data that was encrypted by that key doesn’t need to be decrypted and encrypted.

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