Need Encrypted connection string and stmp information in the web.config

Question

I want to keep encrypted connection string and stmp information in the web.config.

can I store Connection String and SMTP information in web.config encrypted and where I

Answer 1

It's easy to do with aspnet_regiis.exe- look at the pe/pd/pef and pdf options. You can also do it programmatically. It works by encrypting a specific configuration section. In your case that is the connectionStrings and smtp sections.

You can use either DPAPI or RSA and you can encrypt on either a machine wide basis or on a specific user account.