machinekey value for Webfarm

From: ShikariShambu (shikarishambu70_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/30/03 

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:47:10 -0500

Hi,
    Is there a way to store the machinekey value to ensure the viewstate is
in sync across machines in a webfarm in a location other than web.config/
machine.config - possibly in the registry -like it can be done for user id
and password for the <identity> element using aspnet_setreg.

Or, is there any way of "securing" the key used for the machinekey value
(yes, it is the hex value, but that by itself does not offer much security).

TIA