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title: "Which one is trusted and which one is untrusted?"  
description: "Which one is trusted and which one is untrusted?"  
author: "yash Singh"  
published: 2010-10-25  
updated: 2020-09-17  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/183/which-one-is-trusted-and-which-one-is-untrusted  
category: "mssql server"  
tags: ["mssql server"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Which one is trusted and which one is untrusted?

Windows Authentication is trusted because the username and password are checked with the Active Directory, the SQL Server authentication is untrusted, since SQL Server is the only verifier participating in the transaction.\
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## Answers

### Answer by Pushpendra Singh

Windows Authentication is trusted because the username and password are checked with the Active Directory, the SQL Server authentication is untrusted, since SQL Server is the only verifier participating in the transaction.\
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