Provides access to the protected-configuration providers for the current application's configuration file.
System.Configuration.ProtectedConfiguration
Namespace: System.Configuration
Assembly: System.Configuration (in System.Configuration.dll)
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name := "FullTrust")> _ Public NotInheritable Class ProtectedConfiguration
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name = "FullTrust")] public static class ProtectedConfiguration
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::LinkDemand, Name = L"FullTrust")] public ref class ProtectedConfiguration abstract sealed
[<AbstractClass>] [<Sealed>] [<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name = "FullTrust")>] type ProtectedConfiguration = class end
The ProtectedConfiguration type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
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DefaultProvider | Gets the name of the default protected-configuration provider. |
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Providers | Gets a collection of the installed protected-configuration providers. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
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DataProtectionProviderName | The name of the data protection provider. |
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ProtectedDataSectionName | The name of the protected data section. |
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RsaProviderName | The name of the RSA provider. |
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.
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
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
Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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