Using Encrypt=yes in a Sql Server connection string -> “provider: SSL Provider, error: 0 - The certificate's CN name does not match the passed value.”

Question

I\'m using Encrypt=yes in a SQL Server connection string, as I need the TCPIP traffic to be encrypted, but on opening the connection I get an error:

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Answer 1

Your database connection can be configured to encrypt traffic and to accept any certificate from your server. Not a grand solution, but it worked for me.

The resulting connection string should look like this:

"[...];Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=True"