Guys,
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though. What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
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Dayne,
Why is it not secure,
It is better than the registry because you can set it for a lot of clients
in one time.
And when you want to keep it secret you can encode it.
Just my thought
Cor
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though.
What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
Dayne,
Why is it not secure,
It is better than the registry because you can set it for a lot of clients
in one time.
And when you want to keep it secret you can encode it.
Just my thought
Cor
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though.
What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
Cor,
Do you have any sample of encoding/encrypting a connection setting in an XML
file?
I have played with CMAB
( http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../html/cmab.asp)
for encrypting xml files. But (from what I saw at least), only the machine
that did the encryption could decrypt the file. (This would work OK for a
web app, where the IIS server would do it. But no so useful for Windows
apps installed on multiple machines.)
Am I just missing something?
Greg
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:et******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Dayne,
Why is it not secure,
It is better than the registry because you can set it for a lot of clients
in one time.
And when you want to keep it secret you can encode it.
Just my thought
Cor
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though.
What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
Cor,
Do you have any sample of encoding/encrypting a connection setting in an XML
file?
I have played with CMAB
( http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../html/cmab.asp)
for encrypting xml files. But (from what I saw at least), only the machine
that did the encryption could decrypt the file. (This would work OK for a
web app, where the IIS server would do it. But no so useful for Windows
apps installed on multiple machines.)
Am I just missing something?
Greg
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:et******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Dayne,
Why is it not secure,
It is better than the registry because you can set it for a lot of clients
in one time.
And when you want to keep it secret you can encode it.
Just my thought
Cor
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though.
What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
Greg,
CJ is in my opinion the encrypting expert from this newsgroup.
(However when you search for Rijndael on MSDN you find a lot of samples,
which you could not find before).
Cor
"Greg Burns" <greg_burns@DON T_SPAM_ME_hotma il.com> Cor,
Do you have any sample of encoding/encrypting a connection setting in an
XML file?
I have played with CMAB
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../html/cmab.asp)
for encrypting xml files. But (from what I saw at least), only the
machine that did the encryption could decrypt the file. (This would work
OK for a web app, where the IIS server would do it. But no so useful for
Windows apps installed on multiple machines.)
Am I just missing something?
Greg
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:et******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Dayne,
Why is it not secure,
It is better than the registry because you can set it for a lot of
clients in one time.
And when you want to keep it secret you can encode it.
Just my thought
Cor
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is
presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though.
What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
Greg,
CJ is in my opinion the encrypting expert from this newsgroup.
(However when you search for Rijndael on MSDN you find a lot of samples,
which you could not find before).
Cor
"Greg Burns" <greg_burns@DON T_SPAM_ME_hotma il.com> Cor,
Do you have any sample of encoding/encrypting a connection setting in an
XML file?
I have played with CMAB
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../html/cmab.asp)
for encrypting xml files. But (from what I saw at least), only the
machine that did the encryption could decrypt the file. (This would work
OK for a web app, where the IIS server would do it. But no so useful for
Windows apps installed on multiple machines.)
Am I just missing something?
Greg
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:et******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Dayne,
Why is it not secure,
It is better than the registry because you can set it for a lot of
clients in one time.
And when you want to keep it secret you can encode it.
Just my thought
Cor
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is
presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though.
What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
I have tried something like this last year using registry and a wrapper class.
Please see my article here : http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/En...tionString.asp
Hope this helps.
"Dayne" wrote: Guys,
I am writing a database application(vb. net , sql server) and is presently
storing the connection settings in a xml file...not very secure though. What
is a safer method in a dynamic environment?
Dayne
Cor,
Just tried it out. It does indeed work. I entrypted a value on one
machine, and a second was able to decrypt it.
Have no idea how secure it is, but it serves my needs.
Thanks!
Greg
"Cor Ligthert" <no************ @planet.nl> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP15.phx.gbl. .. Greg,
I saw this searching for something, I do not like to give snipets myself
about encrypting and security.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...TNGP10.phx.gbl
I think this fits your question?
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