To encrypt the connection string section follow the steps,
1. Go to Start -> Programm Files -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 -> Visual Tools -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt
2. Type following command,
aspnet_regiis.exe -pef “connectionStrings” C:\Projects\DemoApplication
-pef indicates that the application is built as File System website. The second argument is the name of configuration section needs to be encrypted. Third argument is the physical path where the web.config file is located.
If you are using IIS base web site the command will be,
aspnet_regiis.exe -pe “connectionStrings” -app “/DemoApplication”
-pe indicates that the application is built as IIS based site. The second argument is the name of configuration section needs to be encrypted. Third argument “-app” indicates virtual directory and last argument is the name of virtual directory where application is deployed.
If everything goes well you will receive a message “Encrypting configuration section…Succeeded!”
Now to decrypt the configuration section in web.config file use following command,
For File System Application,
aspnet_regiis.exe -pdf “connectionStrings” C:\Projects\DemoApplication
For IIS based Application
aspnet_regiis.exe -pd “connectionStrings” -app “/DemoApplication”
If you want to encrypt any nested section in web.config file like element within you need to write full section name as shown below,
aspnet_regiis.exe -pef “system.web/Pages” C:\Projects\DemoApplication
You can encrypt all the sections of web.config file except following using the method I displayed in this article,
To encrypt these section you needed to use Aspnet_setreg.exe tool. For more detail about Aspnet_setreg.exe tool search Microsoft Knowledge Base article 329290, How to use the ASP.NET utility to encrypt credentials and session state connection strings.
1. Go to Start -> Programm Files -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 -> Visual Tools -> Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt
2. Type following command,
aspnet_regiis.exe -pef “connectionStrings” C:\Projects\DemoApplication
-pef indicates that the application is built as File System website. The second argument is the name of configuration section needs to be encrypted. Third argument is the physical path where the web.config file is located.
If you are using IIS base web site the command will be,
aspnet_regiis.exe -pe “connectionStrings” -app “/DemoApplication”
-pe indicates that the application is built as IIS based site. The second argument is the name of configuration section needs to be encrypted. Third argument “-app” indicates virtual directory and last argument is the name of virtual directory where application is deployed.
If everything goes well you will receive a message “Encrypting configuration section…Succeeded!”
Now to decrypt the configuration section in web.config file use following command,
For File System Application,
aspnet_regiis.exe -pdf “connectionStrings” C:\Projects\DemoApplication
For IIS based Application
aspnet_regiis.exe -pd “connectionStrings” -app “/DemoApplication”
If you want to encrypt any nested section in web.config file like
aspnet_regiis.exe -pef “system.web/Pages” C:\Projects\DemoApplication
You can encrypt all the sections of web.config file except following using the method I displayed in this article,
To encrypt these section you needed to use Aspnet_setreg.exe tool. For more detail about Aspnet_setreg.exe tool search Microsoft Knowledge Base article 329290, How to use the ASP.NET utility to encrypt credentials and session state connection strings.
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