Encryption web.config file "aspnet_regiis.exe" not working

Asked Jul 21 '15 at 07:19

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I work with asp.net fromwork 4.0 web site. and I want to encrypt web.config file connectionString. I used aspnet_regiis -pef "connectionString" "file Location"

but it's not working. Rather I'm getting only the error message as shown below

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
  -->
<configuration>  
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
    <httpRuntime/>
  </system.web>

  <connectionStrings>    
    <add name="MS_EAS_LocationConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=help\sqlexpress;Initial Catalog=MS.EAS.LOCATION;User ID=sa;Password=123" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
  </connectionStrings>

</configuration>

edited Jul 21 '15 at 09:17

asked Jul 21 '15 at 07:19

Buddhika Samith

Can this help you? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15365210/failed-to-encrypt-the-section-connectionstrings-using-provider-rsaprotectedco – Matteo Umili Jul 21 '15 at 07:30
No this link can't help me. – Buddhika Samith Jul 21 '15 at 07:42
how did you specify the provider? can you show us your web.config? – user1859022 Jul 21 '15 at 07:59
@user1859022 web.config file content added. – Buddhika Samith Jul 21 '15 at 09:20
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@BuddhikaSamith hum - tried to encrypt your config, worked on my machine... `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis.exe -pef "connectionStrings" C:\tmp` – user1859022 Jul 21 '15 at 10:54
yes its work thank you. – Buddhika Samith Jul 21 '15 at 11:57

Encryption web.config file "aspnet_regiis.exe" not working

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