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How secured is the ASP.NET 2.0 web.config encryption?


Okay, I use impersonation in my web.config by putting the username and
password at <system.web><identitysection...

Okay, I can encrypt this section via this command

C aspnet_regiis -pef "system.web/identity" c:\proj\adservice
But what is the point? Anybody can still decrypt it by doing...

C aspnet_regiis -pef "system.web/identity" c:\proj\adservice
How can I prevent this from happening?

Mar 15 '07 #1
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Okay, I use impersonation in my web.config by putting the username and
password at <system.web><identitysection...

Okay, I can encrypt this section via this command

C aspnet_regiis -pef "system.web/identity" c:\proj\adservice
But what is the point? Anybody can still decrypt it by doing...

Only if "Anybody" can go to the web server and runs that command (it implies
the "Anybody" is an admin to that server.
>
C aspnet_regiis -pef "system.web/identity" c:\proj\adservice
How can I prevent this from happening?

Mar 15 '07 #2

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