Encryption Web.config file

[taree]

I am able to encrypt the web.confg file in the development server without any problem. however, when i move the code to the production server it gives me an error. Do I need to copy any key from the development server over to the production? I am guessing it is not finding the key that used to encrypt the file when it moved to the production server. Please help. thank you

 

[ca8msm]

You'll need to ensure that the machine keys are the same on both servers if you want to do this. I would specify the machine key in your web.config file so that you can be certain that the same one is used on both servers.

Mark,

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[taree]

thank you Mark. Where do I find the machine key?

 

[ca8msm]

It's in the machine.config file, however it will be safer to just amend your web.config file as I suggested above rather than changing the machine one.

Mark,

Darlington Web Design[tab]|[tab]Experts, Information, Ideas & Knowledge[tab]|[tab]ASP.NET Tips & Tricks

 

[taree]

thank you Mark again. Please bear with me as I am trying to figure this out. should not I need to know the machine key to include that in my web.cfg file. Is so how can I find out the machine key?

 

[ca8msm]

No, it doesn't have to be the same as the one in the machine.config file. If you specify what to use in your web.config file then it will use that one instead (which means it would be fine when copying between servers).

Mark,

Darlington Web Design[tab]|[tab]Experts, Information, Ideas & Knowledge[tab]|[tab]ASP.NET Tips & Tricks

 

[taree]

Ok! I am getting there

for example if I include this in config file then It should work without any issue then.

<configProtectedData>
  <providers>
    <add useMachineProtection="false" keyEntropy="" name="MyUserDataProtectionConfigurationProvider" 
type="System.Configuration.DpapiProtectedConfigurationProvider, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
  </providers>
</configProtectedData>

 

[taree]

I get this error when I add

<configProtectedData>  <providers>    <add useMachineProtection="false" keyEntropy="" name="MyUserDataProtectionConfigurationProvider" type="System.Configuration.DpapiProtectedConfigurationProvider, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />  </providers></configProtectedData>

useMachineProtection attribute is not supported and keyEntropy attribute is not supported