How to Encrypt password

[Robin]

In the web.config how do you generate the encrypted string that can be used
to store password of the identity element?

 

[David Coe, MCP]

You will need to download the aspnet_setreg.exe utility. Check out http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=329290 for more information.

 

[Robin]

Instead of using the registry can the details be stored in the web.config
file?

You will need to download the aspnet_setreg.exe utility. Check out

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=329290 for more information.

 

[Srini]

I used this utility(aspnet_setreg.exe) to set the username and password elements in the registry in encrypted format. I could able to see the username and password in the registry(using regedit) in encrypted format. When I try to run my webservice it comes back with the following erro

Configuration Erro

Description:
An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately

Parser Error Message: Error reading the password from the registry

and then it lists the web.config file entries


Is there anything I am missing to make it work as expected? Any info id greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance
Srini

 

[Srini]

I got it. Have not set the read permission in the regedt32 for ASPNET user. Thought I had a different user account for ASPNET

Thanks.