Question

Is there a utility that will encrypt a named configuration section (or just the connectionStrings section) in an app.config file in a similar manner that one can use aspnet_regiis with web.config files?

I know this can be done in code – there are code examples out there, but I am hoping to avoid writing an application for this.

Answer 1

You can try the following:

https://magenic.com/thinking/encrypting-configuration-sections-in-net

In short – rename the app.config file to web.config – the schema is identical, so aspnet_regiis works. Rename back to app.config when finished.