Using ASPNet_Regiis to encrypt custom configuration section - can you do it?

Question

I have a web application with a custom configuration section. That section contains information I\'ld like to encrypt (was hoping to use ASPNet_RegIIS rather than do it mys

Answer 1

I am using a workaround whereby I temporarly comment out the contents of the configSections element:

You can then run the encryption using aspnet_regiis -pef as usual. After this has run just uncomment the section and your site is ready to run.