006 How Do I Encrypt a Connection String? How Do I Protect My Settings in a Desktop Application?
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We store connection strings and other sensitive data in appsettingsDOTjson or our app.config/webDOTconfig file. But how do we secure it? How do we ensure users cannot read our settings? Do we encrypt the settings file? Do we encrypt our connection strings? In this video, I am going to answer your questions around settings file security.
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