Web.Config encryption using RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider - “Bad Data” error

Question

I am attempting to encrypt connection string values in the Web.Config file for an ASP.NET 2.0 web application, following the procedure described on MSDN. Using the RsaProtectedC

Answer 1

Be careful that the name of the element to encrypt is case sensitive. So you should use "connectionStrings" not "connectionstrings" or "ConnectionStrings".