Encrypting the app.config file

18 Jan 2006 4:14 PM

Eric

My application will use the DataProtectionConfigurationProvider to encrypt my
app.config file. I can encrypt the file from within my applicaiton, but I
would like to be able to encrypt it outside the application so that the file
is encrypted when it is deployed. I know that you can encrypt web.config
files with aspnet_regiis.exe. Is there a tool that can encrypt app.config
files as well?

19 Jan 2006 5:04 AM

Jim Wooley

You can look into the configuration portion of the Enterprise Library. I
believe they have tools for encrypting the values and a tool to manage the
config outside of your application. See
http://practices.gotdotnet.com/projects/entlib.

Jim

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"Eric" <E***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My application will use the DataProtectionConfigurationProvider to encrypt
> my
> app.config file. I can encrypt the file from within my applicaiton, but I
> would like to be able to encrypt it outside the application so that the
> file
> is encrypted when it is deployed. I know that you can encrypt web.config
> files with aspnet_regiis.exe. Is there a tool that can encrypt app.config
> files as well?
>
>