decrypt decrypted string using convert.frombase64string()

[Steve]

I took over a web app that the developer encrypted the connection string. The connection string looks something like this [mchckjkfiekifjfyhg} (example), he is reading the string as

string con = ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["connection"]));

Now, I need to change the string in the web config file, so how can I get the new connection string from plain text to the encrypted string as is currently used?

 

[marss]

I took over a web app that the developer encrypted the connection string. The connection string looks something like this [mchckjkfiekifjfyhg} (example), he is reading the string as

string con = ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["connection"]));

Now, I need to change the string in the web config file, so how can I get the new connection string from plain text to the encrypted string as is currently used?

byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(originalString);
string encodedString = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua

 

[Patrice]

Sorry for being picky but note that the string is "encoded" rather than
"encrypted".

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Patrice

I took over a web app that the developer encrypted the connection string.
The connection string looks something like this [mchckjkfiekifjfyhg}
(example), he is reading the string as

string con =
ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["connection"]));

Now, I need to change the string in the web config file, so how can I get
the new connection string from plain text to the encrypted string as is
currently used?

byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(originalString);
string encodedString = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua

 

[marss]

Sorry for being picky but note that the string is "encoded" rather than
"encrypted".

Thanks, now I know it

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua