ProtectedConfiguration Class (System.Configuration)

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ProtectedConfiguration Class

Provides access to the protected-configuration providers for the current application's configuration file.

Namespace:  System.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name := "FullTrust")> _
Public NotInheritable Class ProtectedConfiguration
Visual Basic (Usage)
You do not need to declare an instance of a static class in order to access its members.
C#
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public static class ProtectedConfiguration
Visual C++
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, Name = L"FullTrust")]
public ref class ProtectedConfiguration abstract sealed
JScript
public final class ProtectedConfiguration
Remarks

The ProtectedConfiguration class allows you to obtain information about the providers available to protect sensitive configuration data. You typically use the standard providers, but you can also create custom providers by deriving from the ProtectedConfigurationProvider class.

For more information about protected configuration, see Encrypting Configuration Information Using Protected Configuration.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the ProtectedConfiguration class to retrieve a collection of protected-configuration providers and discover their provider name, RSA provider name, and section names.

Visual Basic
Imports System
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Security.Permissions

' Show how to use the ProtectedConfiguration.
NotInheritable Public Class UsingProtectedConfiguration



   <PermissionSet( _
    SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _
    Private Shared Sub GetProviders()
      ' Get the providers' collection.
        Dim providers _
        As ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection = _
        ProtectedConfiguration.Providers

        Dim pEnum As IEnumerator = _
        providers.GetEnumerator()

        Dim provider _
        As ProtectedConfigurationProvider

        For Each provider In providers
            Console.WriteLine( _
            "Provider name: {0}", provider.Name)
            Console.WriteLine( _
            "Provider description: {0}", provider.Description)
        Next provider
   End Sub 'GetProviders

   <PermissionSet( _
    SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust")> _
    Private Shared Sub GetProviderName()
      ' Get the current provider name.
        Dim dataProtectionProviderName As String = _
        ProtectedConfiguration.DataProtectionProviderName
        Console.WriteLine( _
        "Data protection provider name: {0}", _
        dataProtectionProviderName)

      ' Get the Rsa provider name.
        Dim rsaProviderName As String = _
        ProtectedConfiguration.RsaProviderName
        Console.WriteLine( _
        "Rsa provider name: {0}", rsaProviderName)

        ' Get the Rsa provider name.
        Dim protectedSectionName As String = _
        ProtectedConfiguration.ProtectedDataSectionName
        Console.WriteLine( _
        "Protected section name: {0}", protectedSectionName)

    End Sub 'GetProviderName


    Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)


        ' Get current and Rsa provider names.
        GetProviderName()

        ' Get the providers' collection.
        GetProviders()

    End Sub 'Main 

End Class 'UsingProtectedConfiguration 


C#
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Security.Permissions;

namespace Samples.AspNet
{

    // Show how to use the ProtectedConfiguration.
    public sealed class UsingProtectedConfiguration
    {



        [PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name="FullTrust")]    
 	 private static void GetProviders()
        {
            // Get the providers' collection.
            ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection
                providers = ProtectedConfiguration.Providers;

            IEnumerator pEnum =
                providers.GetEnumerator();

            foreach (ProtectedConfigurationProvider provider in
                providers)
            {
                Console.WriteLine
                    ("Provider name: {0}",
                      provider.Name);
                Console.WriteLine
                         ("Provider description: {0}",
                          provider.Description);

            }

        }

       [PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name="FullTrust")]    
	private static void GetProviderName()
        {
            // Get the current provider name.
            string dataProtectionProviderName =
               ProtectedConfiguration.DataProtectionProviderName;
            Console.WriteLine(
                "Data protection provider name: {0}",
                 dataProtectionProviderName);

            // Get the Rsa provider name.
            string rsaProviderName =
                ProtectedConfiguration.RsaProviderName;
            Console.WriteLine(
                "Rsa provider name: {0}",
                 rsaProviderName);

            // Get the protected section name.
            string protectedSectionName =
                ProtectedConfiguration.ProtectedDataSectionName;
            Console.WriteLine(
                "Protected section name: {0}",
                 protectedSectionName);


        }


        static void Main(string[] args)
        {


            // Get current and Rsa provider names.
            GetProviderName();

            // Get the providers' collection.
            GetProviders();


        }
    }    
}


.NET Framework Security

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Configuration.ProtectedConfiguration
Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
See Also

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