Possible to encrypt system.web/membership/providers in Web.config?

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I have been able to encrypt other sections of the Web.config file, but this section continues to throw an error stating, "The configuration section 'system.web/membership/providers' was not found."

Is it possible to encrypt this section of the Web.config file?

  1. The section exists
  2. I have checked MSDN and related forums
  3. I googled for many-a-moons
  4. I am using aspnet_regiis.exe to do the encryption programmatically by spawning a process in a C# console application.


    Process proc = new Process();
    proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
    proc.StartInfo.FileName = ASPNET_REGIIS;
    proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
    proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
    ... more code ...
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1 Answers

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system.web/membership/providers is not a configuration section, it refers to an element within the System.Web.Configuration.MembershipSection section.

You need to encrypt the whole membership section.