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Tamper-proof and Obfuscate your Configuration Files

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5 Jan 2009CPOL10 min read 76.9K   1K   46  
How to prevent your configuration sections from unauthorized modification (includes a nifty configuration file editor)
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
// associated with an assembly.
[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Configuration File Editor")]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription("This tool helps Developers and Administrators easily encrypt, decrypt and modify protected sections of configuration files.\r\n\r\nIt also features tamper-proof configuration section protection using the Signature Protected Configuration Provider.")]
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCompany("www.ahuwanya.net")]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct("Configuration File Editor")]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © Sunny Ahuwanya, 2008")]
[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]

// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
[assembly: ComVisible(false)]

// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
[assembly: Guid("d0167c21-6443-470d-ab34-30a1500ad580")]

// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
//
//      Major Version
//      Minor Version 
//      Build Number
//      Revision
//
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]

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Sunny has been developing software for the Microsoft-based platforms since the MS-DOS days. He has coded in C, VB (4 to 6) and C#. He enjoys designing and developing server-side .NET distributed applications.

He currently works for a Fortune 500 company. When he's not coding, he likes reading, hanging out with friends and sight-seeing.

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