Stored procedure encryption and master service master key, SQL Server 2008 Is the Service Master Key (SMK) used to encrypt stored procedures in SQL Server 2008? 

I know it is used for data, but what about database objects? If the Service Master Key is not used, then I would expect that if one were to do a database recovery from one server to another (without restoring the SMK) that the stored procedures would continue to work.  

Is this true?
It is not used. Details about the encryption algorithm used to encrypt database objects you can find here: http://sqlity.net/en/1617/decrypting-encrypted-database-objects/