How can I safely store and access connection string details?

Question

I\'m currently working on a ASP.NET MVC web site, and I\'ve come up to a point where I need to integrate a database into the website.

Normally I would simply add the app

Answer 1

Maybe you wanna look into encrypting your connection string: http://chiragrdarji.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/how-to-encrypt-connection-string-in-webconfig/ (article is a bit old)