How do I encrypt connectionString in app.settings

**RH+** · November 15th, 2009, 02:11 PM

I have this now:

Code:

    <connectionStrings>
        <add name="DataProject.My.MySettings.CobrosConnectionString"
            connectionString="Data Source=***.**.***.**;Initial Catalog=test;User Id=test2;Password=pass123;"
            providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    </connectionStrings>

I get the setting with:
cn.ConnectionString = My.Settings.CobrosConnectionString

How do I set/get the connection string encrypted instead of plain text?
thanks!

**Craig Gemmill** · November 15th, 2009, 08:10 PM

http://www.google.com/search?q=encry...nection+string

**Eltokhy** · November 24th, 2009, 08:23 AM

I think this link goes more specific

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...9b(VS.80).aspx

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