I have an asp.net web site with connection string in external config file like this:
and external file looks like this:
<connectionStrings configProtectionProvider="DataProtectionConfigurationProvider">
<EncryptedData>
<CipherData>
<CipherValue> some long string here</CipherValue>
</CipherData>
</EncryptedData>
</connectionStrings>
I want to decrypt it. Please suggest me how to do it ?
Given you have access to the machine where that file is originating from, checkout this link