Re: Can the config file be encrypted?

From: Claes Bergefall (claes.bergefall_at_online.nospam)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:56:25 +0200

Not if you want to use the ConfigurationSettings class
You'll have to read and parse it yourself

Why not just encrypt the UID and password before storing them in the config
file?
Then you don't need to encrypt the entire file

"Bill" <nfr@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:eWudZPAcEHA.2504@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I am concerned about storing sensitive information such as UID and
passwords
> in the config file. Can this file be stored encrypted?
>
>

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