Question

We are developing an application and it demands storing data in XML coz it will be used by another application.

now question is would it be possible to restrict access to that xml file. and make it readable only through our application? if yes.. how to do it?

Answer 1

XML itself cannot provide the security features you are asking for.

Two possible solutions:

• Use the file access settings in your file system to allow only a single user account to read/write to the file. Make sure to run only your application using the credentials of that account.
• Encrypt the file with a key that only your application knows.