Best Practice for Database Encryption in SQL Server 2005

Question

I need to develop an application which stores data in a SQL Server 2005 database (the app itself will be either a WCF Service or an Asp.Net Web Service).

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Answer 1

Look at this link for a good introduction with samples.

I think doing the data encryption in the application is better, because in that case the transferred data is already encrypted. Otherwise you have to use a secure channel between your app and the database server.

It depends on your needs, i would say.