Hardware-assisted crypto?

Question

I've been experimenting with the new column-level encryption features in SQL2005.  While it's been very handy, I'm somewhat concerned about its performance impact -- particularly when there are many columns involved.  Is there any known method for SQL2005 to use a hardware crypto accelerator (i.e. IBM 4758 or equivalent)?

Answer 1

You can probably write an application that uses a hardware crypto card with SQL Server 2005, but there is no builtin support for any such card.

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Laurentiu