Ever needed to quickly Encrypt the webconfig file?

   1: Namespace Einstein.Core.Security.Config

   2:  

   3:     <System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1052:StaticHolderTypesShouldBeSealed")> Public Class Settings

   4:         Private Sub New()

   5:         End Sub

   6:         Public Shared Sub ProtectSection(ByVal sectionName As String, ByVal provider As String)

   7:             Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath())

   8:             Dim section As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection(sectionName)

   9:             If Not (section Is Nothing) AndAlso Not section.SectionInformation.IsProtected Then

  10:                 section.SectionInformation.ProtectSection(provider)

  11:                 config.Save()

  12:             End If

  13:         End Sub

  14:  

  15:  

  16:         Public Shared Sub UNProtectSection(ByVal sectionName As String)

  17:             Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath())

  18:             Dim section As ConfigurationSection = config.GetSection(sectionName)

  19:             If Not (section Is Nothing) AndAlso section.SectionInformation.IsProtected Then

  20:                 section.SectionInformation.UnprotectSection()

  21:                 config.Save()

  22:             End If

  23:         End Sub

  24:     End Class

  25: End Namespace

   1: namespace Einstein.Core.Security.Config

   2: {

   3:  

   4:     [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Design", "CA1052:StaticHolderTypesShouldBeSealed")]

   5:     public class Settings

   6:     {

   7:         private Settings()

   8:         {

   9:         }

  10:         public static void ProtectSection(string sectionName, string provider)

  11:         {

  12:             System.Configuration.Configuration config = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath());

  13:             ConfigurationSection section = config.GetSection(sectionName);

  14:             if (!(section == null) && !section.SectionInformation.IsProtected)

  15:             {

  16:                 section.SectionInformation.ProtectSection(provider);

  17:                 config.Save();

  18:             }

  19:         }

  20:  

  21:  

  22:         public static void UNProtectSection(string sectionName)

  23:         {

  24:             System.Configuration.Configuration config = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration(HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath());

  25:             ConfigurationSection section = config.GetSection(sectionName);

  26:             if (!(section == null) && section.SectionInformation.IsProtected)

  27:             {

  28:                 section.SectionInformation.UnprotectSection();

  29:                 config.Save();

  30:             }

  31:         }

  32:     }

  33: }