encryption and it's keys

[Bob H]

HI,

I'm after some general pointers about best practice.

I've used TripleDES to encrypt the connection string of a web app. How do I
go about securing the keys in the app?

Many thanks for any advice.

Regards

Bob

[Alek Davis]

Bob,

There is no silver bullet here, but this article can give you some ideas:
"Safeguard Database Connection Strings and Other Sensitive Settings in Your
Code"
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/11/ProtectYourData/default.aspx[/url].

Alek

"Bob H" <bh15@le.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> HI,
>
> I'm after some general pointers about best practice.
>
> I've used TripleDES to encrypt the connection string of a web app. How do

I

> go about securing the keys in the app?
>
> Many thanks for any advice.
>
> Regards
>
> Bob
>
>