Encrypt password in App.config

Question

I want to encrypt the password in connection string. When I make a connection to DB the connection string is openly stored in App.config and I need to find a way to keep onl

Answer 1

Use the connectionStrings configuration section and encrypt the whole section - instead of just the password.

This is safer as your app config will no longer have the server names and user names in plain text either.

There are how-to documents for encrypting configuration sections on MSDN for RSA or DPAPI.