SQL Autentification: Is the password encrypted when is is being send to the server for validation?

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Henrik Skak Pedersen

Hi,

I have a .NET Windows client which is using SQL Autentification to connect
to a server. I am using the ADO.NET SqlConnection object to connect to the
server. When I enter the password in the connection string, is the password
then being send in clear text to the server or is it being encrupted inside
the SqlConnection object?

Thanks
Henrik
 
My bet is on clear text. Why not windows authentication, there you will not
have to worry about this?.
 
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