Any encryption/decryption in C#?

[alan]

Hello,

I am writing a client program, i am storing the database user name and
password in the registry of the client machine. It is easy view by other
users. Does C# provide any encryption which i can encrypt the information?
Thanks.

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Alan,
Have you looked at the various classes in the System.Security.Cryptography
namespace?

Hope this helps
Jay

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Hello,

I am writing a client program, i am storing the database user name and
password in the registry of the client machine. It is easy view by other
users. Does C# provide any encryption which i can encrypt the information?
Thanks.

[CKa]

Microsoft's MSDN site (www.msdn.microsoft.com) had an article about this
kind of stuff like about a month ago or so. That's probably worth checking
out. The article discussed hashing of password and storing the hash value
instead of the password for example - probably what you're looking for.