I'm trying to use RSA keys to protect the "connectStrings" in my Web.config file. The instructions provided in "How to encrypt configuration.pdf" give the following encryption command line example: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\[.NET Framework version]\aspnet_regiis.exe -pe "connectionStrings" -site "Default Web Site" -app "/WebSite1" I can't make the above work and I can't find documentation (that makes sense) that tells me what to put in -site or -app. On my computer, my website is located at "c:\Users\myname\My Web Sites\SiteName" and the web.config is at the root of the SiteName directory. On DiscountASP.NET it is at "http://ibcridgecrest.org" What do I use for -site and -app? Thanks for any help you can provide. (I'm a new Forum user, so let me know if this belongs in a different forum)
A different approach This - apparently - can be done via programmatic means http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=448 However, I tried this method and DASP chewed it up and spit it out, as in it tossed me a lecture about having custom errors turned off, when they were most certainly turned on, so it must have crapped the entire web.config file. FWIW, I verified the contents of the encrypted file, and they appeared to work on my localhost, so I'm not sure if I just got unlucky or what.
