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Changes to hashing algorithm for self-signed certificate in SQL Server 2017

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Venu Cherukupalli
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Jan 16, 2019
First published on MSDN on Nov 08, 2017 Starting with SQL Server 2005, a self-signed certificate is created automatically during the startup to be used for channel encryption. B...
Updated Jan 16, 2019
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Scott Mickelson
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Jun 10, 2021

Why are we only able to use SHA256 with self-signed, but have to use SHA1 when rolling a CA Cert? We're still forced into using Legacy CSP in 2021.