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curzedpirate
curzedpirate

Reputation: 147

How to secure connection string in vb.net 2008?

I am developing an application connected to a database, I'm using visual studio 2008 (visual basic) for my front end and mysql for my back-end. When creating a connection string, vb.net prompts me with a warning saying that the connection string that I am creating contains a sensitive data and it would be too risky to include that data in the connection string... I could just ignore it's warning and my application would work fine but I'm concerned about the security of my data, can someone help me pls?...

I already read some in the internet about securing connection strings but I can't seem to grasp the idea on to implement it and not sure if it really is the solution I am looking for...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1376

Answers (1)

Chris Gessler
Chris Gessler

Reputation: 23113

The following example shows how to encrypt the connectionStrings section of the Web.config file for an application named SampleApplication:

aspnet_regiis -pe "connectionStrings" -app "/SampleApplication"

For non-IIS apps, use Protected Configuration

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/89211k9b%28v=vs.80%29.aspx

Upvotes: 2

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