ProtectedConfiguration Class
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.
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
- NamedPermissionSet for full access to system resources. Demand value: LinkDemand; Associated state: FullTrust
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.