Encrypting connectionstrings.config in IIS 6.0

Posted by Anders Vindberg in Lunarmedia Blog on the 09 Feb. 2010 (33,053 views).

Simply call these two commands in cmd prompt:

  1. C:\WINDOWS\microsoft.net\Framework64\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -pef "connectionStrings" C:\MyWebsiteFolder
  2. C:\WINDOWS\microsoft.net\Framework64\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis -pa "NetFrameworkConfigurationKey" "Network Service"

If you still get a: "Failed to decrypt using provider 'RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider'. Error message from the provider: The RSA key container could not be opened." Then call the second command again but replace "Network Service" with "ASPNET".

Source: MS Patterns & Practices: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998283.aspx

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