Encrpt and Decrypt Connection String

For Security reasons we need to encrypt the connection strings.

How to Encrypt a connection string:

• Open visual studio command prompt.
• Change your command prompt location and should point to your application physical drive
• Assume your application Name is DataSet and  is present in c:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents
• type the below statements and then press enter to encrypt the connection
• aspnet_regiis -pe "connectionStrings" -app "/DataSet"

How to Decrypt Connection:

• Type the below command and press enter
• aspnet_regiis -pd "connectionStrings" -app "/DataSet"

Note : See the below attached screen shot.