Web Farm and <machineKey>

From: Kevin Burton (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/30/03

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    I have a Web Farm and I understand that in order to keep
    ViewState safe I want to modify the <machineKey>.

    1) The documentation indicates that EnableViewStateMac
    defaults to "false" but I am seeing View State corruption
    messages (as a result of HttpException). Can the View
    State be detected as corrupt without the MAC validation?

    2) I see some examples of some keys that I can use for
    validation and encryption. Is there a utility that I can
    use to generate a key? Yes, I understand that the same key
    has to be on each member of the Web farm. I would just
    like to generate my own key.

    3) Is the default to encrypt and hash or just hash or none?

    Thank you.

    Kevin
    rkevinburton@charter.net

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