Encrypting sections of an ASP.NET web.config

I just want to give a shout out to johnnycode for this useful information:

If you need to encrypt a portion of a web.config file you will need basic instructions, and the stuff on technet isn't great, and I found it to be lacking in necessary detail.

A common use is encrypting database passwords in your configurationStrings sections, which is a good idea for the sake of security.
 
Add this line of asp code into one of your pages to get the site ID:

<%=Request.ServerVariables["INSTANCE_META_PATH"]%>

It will output something like "/LM/W3SVC/5" and the ID is "5"


http://johnnycode.com/2013/06/26/encrypting-sections-of-an-asp-net-web-config/

aspnet_regiis.exe -pa

aspnet_regiis.exe -pe

A configuration file cannot be created for the requested Configuration object.
Failed!