Encrypting the app.config file

[Guest]

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?

 

[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