Did you find an answer for this? I'm trying to implement SSL encryption with FIPS 140-2 compliance. My environment is Windows 7, Sql Server 2005 Express Svc Pk 3. I've enabled the FIPs complaince in local policy, have a certificate generated etc. I connect from mgmt studio with encrption turned on. It shows me in connection settings that the connection has encryption turned ON. But when I look at the Packet traffic using WireShark, i dont see any SSL protocol packets....So I think my encryption channel is not FIPS 140-2 complaint