Encryption

[Guest]

I need to create a way for users to access their asp.net membership accounts
from a desktop application via a web service.

Everything is working except for now all I use is the members username
becuase everything else is encrypted.

In short, I need to learn how to take a string and encrypt it in the same
format as the asp.net membership tables have them stored.

THANK!

 

[Luke Smith]

You might want to have a read through this article
http://www.code-magazine.com/article.aspx?quickid=0511031.

I was looking at doing something similar the other day, I can't find that
article at the moment however.


Luke

 

[Luke Smith]

The last link might not be as helpful as i thought, but I found the other
link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/04/Security/

'Windows® Forms intranet applications often resort to storing user
credentials in a database even when deployed in a homogenous Windows
environment. This stems from the limitations of using Windows accounts. For
ASP.NET applications, the Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 provides
out-of-the-box custom credentials management. You can easily authenticate
users and authorize them, without ever having to use Windows accounts. This
saves developers valuable time and effort, not to mention providing a
high-quality, secure solution.'

 

[Guest]

Looks like an article for me.

Thanks

The last link might not be as helpful as i thought, but I found the other
link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/04/Security/

'Windows® Forms intranet applications often resort to storing user
credentials in a database even when deployed in a homogenous Windows
environment. This stems from the limitations of using Windows accounts. For
ASP.NET applications, the Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 provides
out-of-the-box custom credentials management. You can easily authenticate
users and authorize them, without ever having to use Windows accounts. This
saves developers valuable time and effort, not to mention providing a
high-quality, secure solution.'