Where do I store my Azure role settings that are not to be stored as plain text?

Question

Looks like the standard way of storing settings of Azure roles is under tag in the .cscfg file. Looks convenient, but the file is

Answer 1

Check the SQL Azure blog, they blogged exactly about this!

• Securing Your Connection String in Windows Azure: Part 1 (original)
• Securing Your Connection String in Windows Azure: Part 2 (original)
• Securing Your Connection String in Windows Azure: Part 3 (original)

also, previous posts at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/tags/security/