Introduction:
In this article I will explain how to encrypt or decrypt connectionStrings in web.config file using asp.net.
In this article I will explain how to encrypt or decrypt connectionStrings in web.config file using asp.net.
Description:
In Previous posts I explained lot of articles regarding Asp.net, Gridview, SQL Server, Ajax, JavaScript etc. In many of articles I used connectionStrings section in web.config file to store database connection. The connectionStrings section contains sensitive information of database connections including username and password of database. Is it secured to store the sensitive information of database connections in plain text files called web.config and machine.config files?
In Previous posts I explained lot of articles regarding Asp.net, Gridview, SQL Server, Ajax, JavaScript etc. In many of articles I used connectionStrings section in web.config file to store database connection. The connectionStrings section contains sensitive information of database connections including username and password of database. Is it secured to store the sensitive information of database connections in plain text files called web.config and machine.config files?