Re: Storing password in machine.config

From: Nick (Nick@Bluefield.com.hk)
Date: 03/04/03 

From: "Nick" <Nick@Bluefield.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 15:38:28 +0800

Mike,

Thanks. This is what I was looking for.

Nick

"Mike Shaw" <mikeshaw@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:#MkI5Va4CHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi Nick
>
> No, its best avoided! See the article
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329290 for the way
> to encrypt and store your credentials for the process identity in the
> registry.
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
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> "Nick" <Nick@Bluefield.com.hk> wrote in message
> news:#0HjXkV4CHA.1808@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to access some network resources from within my ASP.NET
> application.
> > The suggested way seems to be to create a mirrored ASPNET user on the
> second
> > machine with the same password.
> >
> > This works fine but means I have to store the new password of the ASPNET
> > account in the machine.config file.
> >
> > Is there a better way to do this or a way to not have the password in
> plain
> > text in the file?
> >
> > Is this generally accepted as secure?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
>
>

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