Can Pymssql have a secure connection (SSL) to MS SQL Server?

Question

I\'m making queries from a MS SQL server using Python code (Pymssql library) however I was wondering if there was any way to make the connection secure and encrypt the data bein

Answer 1

Yes, it can.

You need FreeTDS which supports SSL via OpenSSL. If you happened to use Linux (or Docker on Windows), it's quite easy to install standalone FreeTDS in Debian:

apt-get update
apt-get install freetds-bin freetds-dev
pip install pymssql

Don't use pymssql with bundled FreeTDS library, it does not support SSL apparently. The bundled library is used when you set env variable PYMSSQL_BUILD_WITH_BUNDLED_FREETDS=1 before installing pymssql.