Encryption and Decryption using MD5 in ASP.NET

Question

Pls can anyone give details of how to encrypt whole Web.config file using MD5 in ASP.NET and Decrypt it while it is being used in pgm

Jaganathan Bantheswaran · Answer

Hi Dont store the password in web.config. If you want to store password in web.config then first hash it & store the hash value in web.config not the password. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/Thread/235244/sha1-and-md5-cryptography.aspx

Jia · Answer

I am a beginner and m not able to understand that if i want to hide the password used in Web.Config file then where i have to write this code in file and how.Can u please help me

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

http://aspalliance.com/535_Using_MD5_Encryption http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/krishnasarala/encryption-and-decryption-of-text-in-Asp-Net/