Machine Key generation feature not exist in latest IIS Version

Question

Answering one of the recent question on SO, i encountered this anomaly.

This msdn blog suggests using IIS to generate machine key, which looks more secure to me as Micr

Answer 1

See https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2915218#AppendixA for information on how to generate a element. There's a script there that you can copy & paste into a Powershell window.

Reminder: only use keys that you generated yourself on your own machine. Never use an online generator.