Encrypting Webconfig file values in .Net 1.1 Framework

[madhusrp]

Hi,
Could anyone suggest me an idea to encrypt the webconfig file's connection
string in the framework 1.1.

Thank you in Advance

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Hi,

here's a walkthrough from "Building Secure ASP.NET Applications"

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302403.aspx#secnetht08_step3
How To: Use DPAPI (Machine Store) from ASP.NET 1.1

 

[Mark Stevens]

I'm curious as to why you need to do this...

It is always prudent to encrypt sensitive information and connection
strings fall into this category. Given that MS have provided an API
and method of doing this they obviously feel the same way.

Cheers,
Mark
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