It is a normal SQL-Connection and not encryped by default.
Normally the Frontend Servers are talking to the backend SQL and this is in the same network and datacenter.
So no external links and most companies are handling "intrasite traffic" as secure.
But you can use Windwos IPSEC to encrypt and sign traffic.
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