Encrypting configuration files in asp.net during deployment

Assuming you are running your asp.net website on windows and IIS it is possible to encrypt your web.config file with a little bit of scripting during your website deployment. However I would always ask why do you want to do this? IIS will not serve this file by default and if you are sensible your production websites file system should be well secured already. But assuming you have a good reason, here is how....

December 14, 2015 · 2 min · 383 words · Alastair Crabtree