Encrypt Connection String in Web.Config

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Hi All-

I have hosted my web application in IIS 7.0. I want to encrypt connectionStrings in web.config file, but I dont have VS setup installed there. Is there any other option to encrypt the connection string in IIS? Or will it work if I copy the encrypted connection string from another machine which has VS setup?.

Please help.
Thanks in advance

Posted 14-May-15 20:23pm

srmohanr

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Pradip Kumar Sen · Answer 1 · 2015-05-14T23:01:00

Solution 1

Can you check the below if this helps.
Encrypt ConnectionString in Web.Config[^]

Posted 14-May-15 23:01pm

Pradip Kumar Sen

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srmohanr 15-May-15 6:13am

Hi Pradip,
Thanks for your reply. I dont have VS command prompt in the server where I have hosted the application. Also I have copied the encrypted connection string from another machine. That does not work.

Thanks.

Pradip Kumar Sen 15-May-15 7:59am

I can understand your situation. If you can use any third party tool for encryption, that is fine, otherwise create a small console application, place the below code:

Configuration objConfig = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("~");
// Give your config file path .

ConfigurationSection section = objConfig.GetSection("connectionStrings");
if (!section.SectionInformation.IsProtected)
{
section.SectionInformation.ProtectSection("DataProtectionConfigurationProvider");
objConfig.Save();

}
//Below code is for decryption.
// if (section.SectionInformation.IsProtected)
// {

// section.SectionInformation.UnprotectSection();
// objConfig.Save();

// }

Copy this .exe file into your hosted server and run.
Follow if other installation option require like .msi file etc.

This is just a try again.