Error encrypting 'identity' element and not 'appSettings' element in web.config

Question

User-1674945895 posted

 

All,

I'm using RSA Protected Configuration provider and the aspnet_regiis.exe tool to encrypt section of my web.config file.
I can successfully encrypt 'appSettings' using C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -pe "appSettings" -app "/AppName"
however the similar command when used with 'identity' C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -pe "identity" -app "/AppNAme" gives me the below message ""Encrypting configuration section...
The configuration section 'identity' was not found.
Failed!""

My web.config identity section looks like this...
 <identity impersonate="true" userName="domain\userAccount" password="whatever"/>

Trying to encrypt 'sessionState' fails also.

According to MS article 'How To: Encrypt Configuration Sections in ASP.NET 2.0 Using RSA' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms998283.aspx, I should be able encrypt <appSettings>, <connectionStrings>, <identity> and <sessionState>. I'd rather encrypt just the sections I need for performance overhead reasons.

Any ideas folks?

Answer 1

User-186742165 posted

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>aspnet_regiis.exe -pe "identity" -app "/AppNAme" gives me the below message ""Encrypting configuration section...
The configuration section 'identity' was not found.
Failed!""

Hi

You can use this command since <identity> section is under <system.web>

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -pe "system.web/identity" -app "/AppNAme"

 

Answer 2

User-1674945895 posted

XiaoYong Dai, thank you. This did the trick.

Thanks,

Mike