I get an exception "Invalid character in a Base-64 string." It is a managed code.(written in VB.Net)

Sharon

----- Original Message ----
From: Jeffrey Schoolcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:51:26 AM
Subject: Re: [AspNet2] Identifying encrypted connection strings

What kind of exception did you get?  Can you use .NET to do the
encryption/decryption even using your tool (is it managed code, or
accessible to managed code?)

On 5/10/06, Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> But what I have is an app.config with windows application. How would it
> apply to that. also I have a custom encrypting tool and not a in built .net
> tool. I only encrypt the value attribute of the connectionstrings element.
> and I need to see if the value is encrypted by reading it.
>
> I have tried the following. I tried to decrypt a decrypted string and got
> an exception. I am wondering if this is going to be consistent and a valid
> check .
>
> Thanks
> Sharon
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dean Fiala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 9:26:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [AspNet2] Identifying encrypted connection strings
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> You shouldn't need to know.  In fact, here's a very timely article on
> using the built-in .NET tools to work with encrypted configurations.
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> http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/05/ExtremeASPNET/default.aspx
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> On 5/9/06, Sharon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I use VS 2005. I read my connection strings from app.config using
> <connectionStrings>  section. How do I identify if a connection string from
> the app.config is encrypted or not.
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> > Thanks
> > All Help is Great Help
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