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Which of the following is not available to you?

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Which of the following is not available to you?

You have just upgraded your SQL Server 2000 instance on Windows 2000 to SQL Server 2005. You are looking to begin implementing encryption capabilities and need to choose an algorthm for your data. Which of the following is not available to you?

Answer
128-bit AES

Explanation
While all of these are valid encryption algorithms on SQL Server 2005, the AES algorithms (128-bit, 192-bit, and 256-bit) are not supported on Windows XP or Windows 2000. To use these, you would need to upgrde to Windows 2003.

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