title: Is encrypting specific connections the same as mutual authentication?
body: <p>I am trying to establish a secure connection to a SQL Server database over the internet. In the link below a configuration &quot;Encrypting Specific Connections&quot; is described:</p>
  <p><a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/SQLServer.Concepts.General.SSL.Using.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/SQLServer.Concepts.General.SSL.Using.html</a></p>
  <p>I have read elsewhere that mutual authentication (server authenticating the client based on certificate) is not supported by SQL Server. Is the described configuration equivalent to mutual authentication or something completely else?</p>
  <p>If it is something else, are there other security features of RDS (apart from ip whitelisting) that can increase security over username and password?</p>
  <p>Edit: The connection will be encrypted, so when i say increase security i mean in the sense that would work as a second factor of authentication.</p>