Best way to store and retrieve encrypted password?

[j0em0mma]

What would be the best way to store an encrypted (Synchronous) password outside of the application?

I have an encrypted password (Courtesy of wumpus1 at

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/SimpleEncryption.asp):

            Dim sym As New Encryption.Symmetric(Encryption.Symmetric.Provider.Rijndael)
            Dim key As New Encryption.Data("My Password")
            Dim encryptedData As Encryption.Data
            encryptedData = sym.Encrypt(New Encryption.Data("Secret Sauce"), key)
            Dim base64EncryptedString As String = encryptedData.ToBase64

in ASP.net, I'd just tuck

base64EncryptedString

in the web.config file and extract in whenever I need in the code. I can't figure out quite how to do this the right way in win32 exectuables (VB.NET). I notice that my project includes a file called app.config, but I don't see an area for custom data here. Additionally, from what I've read, this file has the wrong name for it to function once compiled (my project name is DOJTRS. Shouldn't the app.config file be named DOJTRS.exe.config? If so, how is the thing compiling at all?

 

[j0em0mma]

Got it,

[URL unfurl="true"]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vbmysettings.asp[/URL]

sorry for the clutter