Hello
These are the steps to be followed to encrypt data
1. Open an instance of command prompt in the web server
2. Navigate to "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727" through
command prompt (This path may vary according to Windows 2003 operating system
installation drive and version of .net framework in the web server)
3. Run the following two commands in the command prompt to encrypt
connection string and application setting information in the web.config file
of <YourVirtual directory name> application
aspnet_regiis -pe "connectionStrings" -app "/<YourVirtual directory name>"
–site " SharePoint – 80"
aspnet_regiis -pe "appSettings" -app "/<YourVirtual directory name>" -site
"SharePoint – 80"
This encrypted information is decrypted automatically by the application
when the application is running
4. Later, if some of the information needs to be changed in the web.config
file, this encrypted information should be decrypted before changes and to
decrypt the information, issue following commands
aspnet_regiis -pd "connectionStrings" -app "/<YourVirtual directory name>"
-site "SharePoint – 80"
aspnet_regiis -pd "appSettings" -app "/<YourVirtual directory name>" -site
"SharePoint – 80"
5. After changes are done , the web.config file should be encrypted again
Hope this will help you
