asp net regiis encryption does not encrypt password with '&'

Question

User-546255406 posted

Hi,

I am using asp net regiis  to encrypt 'appsettings' in web.config  but encryption does not encrypt  key/value  if it's value contains  '&'. If I remove '&' then it works well.

e.g,

<appsettings >

<add key="testuserpassword" value="&+!@47v*k#"/>

</appsettings >

 I am using below commands

cd C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319

aspnet_regiis.exe -pef "appSettings"  <%WebConfigPath%>

I got below error:

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an error occurred while parsing entity name. Line 73, position 36.

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Any idea  why asp net regiis encryption does not encrypt password with '&'

Regards,

surya

Answer 1

User-2057865890 posted

Hi Surya P Singh,

Replace & with &amp;

Not valid in XML elements:

"    "
'    '
<    &lt;
>    &gt;
&    &amp;

reference: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1091953

Best Regards,

Chris