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Configuration Protector

Configuration Protector

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Encrypts and/or decrypts configuration file sections during development, creates and manages provider settings and RSA key containers.
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Configuration Protector

Revisions

Version 2.1.1500.0 released 2012/10/24

Minor version maintenance release. Fixes a problem in the integrated Visual Studio package (VSPackage) with website solutions that useIIS as the host server.

Targets .Net Framework version 4.0.

A simple, intuitive, point-and-click approach to protecting .Net Framework configuration file sections.Configuration Protector is a developer tool designed to simplify the tasks of encrypting and decrypting configuration file sections, creating and managingProtected Configuration Provider settings and creating and managing RSA Key Containers and their keys during application development.

Main Features Include:

Encrypts and/or decryptsWeb application, Windows Forms or WPF application configuration file sections.

Encrypts and/or decrypts sections usingRSA, DPAPI or custom Protected Configuration Provider.

Encrypts and/or decrypts sections that use a customConfiguration  Section Handler.

Encrypts and/or decrypts sections that use a customProtected Configuration Provider.

Creates and manages Protected Configuration Provider settings in your configuration files.

Creates and manages RSA Key Containers and their keys. View key container properties, including access permissions, grant and remove permissions, export keys, import keys, etc.

Includes a standalone application and (optional in the installer) an integrated Visual StudioVSPackage, so that you can directly encrypt and/or decrypt configuration file sections from within Visual Studio as you work.

Configuration options include provider and/or sections names to exclude, provider and/or custom section handler assemblies to include and knownRSA Key Container names.

General customization options include start-up position, navigation pane width, font size whether or not to display success messages.

Appearance customization options include navigation pane background, foreground and link colours and thematic skin colour schemes.

Comprehensive, context sensitive,MS Helper Viewer format documentation and help (optional in the installer), including a series ofHow To topics, to get you up and running quickly.

Standalone Application Screenshots

Configuration File Page

Configuration File Page

Encrypt | Decrypt Page

Encrypt | Decrypt Page
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