ProtectedConfiguration Class
Provides access to the protected-configuration providers for the current application's configuration file.
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
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.
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.
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(); } } }
- NamedPermissionSet
for full access to system resources. Demand value: LinkDemand; Associated state: FullTrust
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.
