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Strategy to distribute secure database connection strings in an enterprise environment

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The article discusses a strategy to securely configure and administer a set of connection strings which can be maintained environment wise. It also talks about distributing this information securely in a huge environment to be used by authorized clients only.
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using EnterpriseConnString;

namespace UseECS
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for Form1.
	/// </summary>
	public class TestClientECS : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label4;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label5;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox serverTxt;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox keywordTxt;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox envTxt;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label6;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button GetConnStrBtn;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button CloseBtn;
		private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox connStrTxt;
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public TestClientECS()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if (components != null) 
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			System.Resources.ResourceManager resources = new System.Resources.ResourceManager(typeof(TestClientECS));
			this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.label4 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.label5 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.serverTxt = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.keywordTxt = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.envTxt = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.label6 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.GetConnStrBtn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.connStrTxt = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.CloseBtn = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
			this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// label1
			// 
			this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(42, 10);
			this.label1.Name = "label1";
			this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(44, 16);
			this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
			this.label1.Text = "Server :";
			// 
			// label4
			// 
			this.label4.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(32, 74);
			this.label4.Name = "label4";
			this.label4.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(54, 16);
			this.label4.TabIndex = 3;
			this.label4.Text = "Keyword :";
			// 
			// label5
			// 
			this.label5.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 20);
			this.label5.Name = "label5";
			this.label5.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(74, 16);
			this.label5.TabIndex = 4;
			this.label5.Text = "Environment :";
			// 
			// serverTxt
			// 
			this.serverTxt.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(90, 8);
			this.serverTxt.Name = "serverTxt";
			this.serverTxt.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(174, 20);
			this.serverTxt.TabIndex = 1;
			this.serverTxt.Text = "";
			// 
			// keywordTxt
			// 
			this.keywordTxt.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(90, 72);
			this.keywordTxt.Name = "keywordTxt";
			this.keywordTxt.ReadOnly = true;
			this.keywordTxt.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(174, 20);
			this.keywordTxt.TabIndex = 2;
			this.keywordTxt.Text = "";
			// 
			// envTxt
			// 
			this.envTxt.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(88, 18);
			this.envTxt.Name = "envTxt";
			this.envTxt.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(174, 20);
			this.envTxt.TabIndex = 3;
			this.envTxt.Text = "";
			// 
			// label6
			// 
			this.label6.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 36);
			this.label6.Name = "label6";
			this.label6.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(254, 28);
			this.label6.TabIndex = 10;
			this.label6.Text = "User should have read permissions on server Registy keys. Leave server blank for " +
				"localhost.";
			// 
			// GetConnStrBtn
			// 
			this.GetConnStrBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(73, 72);
			this.GetConnStrBtn.Name = "GetConnStrBtn";
			this.GetConnStrBtn.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(122, 23);
			this.GetConnStrBtn.TabIndex = 5;
			this.GetConnStrBtn.Text = "Get connection string";
			this.GetConnStrBtn.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.GetConnStrBtn_Click);
			// 
			// connStrTxt
			// 
			this.connStrTxt.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(6, 48);
			this.connStrTxt.Name = "connStrTxt";
			this.connStrTxt.ReadOnly = true;
			this.connStrTxt.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(256, 20);
			this.connStrTxt.TabIndex = 4;
			this.connStrTxt.Text = "";
			// 
			// CloseBtn
			// 
			this.CloseBtn.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control;
			this.CloseBtn.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(77, 210);
			this.CloseBtn.Name = "CloseBtn";
			this.CloseBtn.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(122, 23);
			this.CloseBtn.TabIndex = 6;
			this.CloseBtn.Text = "Exit";
			this.CloseBtn.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.CloseBtn_Click);
			// 
			// groupBox1
			// 
			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.envTxt);
			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.label5);
			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.connStrTxt);
			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.GetConnStrBtn);
			this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(4, 98);
			this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
			this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(268, 104);
			this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 15;
			this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
			this.groupBox1.Text = "Connection string";
			// 
			// TestClientECS
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(276, 243);
			this.Controls.Add(this.groupBox1);
			this.Controls.Add(this.CloseBtn);
			this.Controls.Add(this.keywordTxt);
			this.Controls.Add(this.serverTxt);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label6);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label4);
			this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
			this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));
			this.MaximizeBox = false;
			this.MinimizeBox = false;
			this.Name = "TestClientECS";
			this.Text = "     Test Enterprise Connection String";
			this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.OnLoad);
			this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		private void CloseBtn_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			Close();
		}

		private void OnLoad(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			try 
			{
				this.keywordTxt.Text = Keyword.GetKeyWord();
			}
			catch(Exception ex) // error - the keyword is not set on this machine
			{
				MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error");
				Close();
			}
		}

		// required client code to get a connection string
		private void GetConnStrBtn_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			try
			{
				EntConnString connstr = new EntConnString(serverTxt.Text);
				connstr.Connect();
				connStrTxt.Text = connstr.GetConnectionString(envTxt.Text);
			}
			catch (Exception ex) 
			{
				MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error");
			}
		}
	}
}

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