Vista - Password : where ?

09-18-2009

Hello everybody,

Where would you advise me to post a question about how to store a
password (in fact a connection string) on an aspx server ?

If I remember correctly there is IIS on the server, but not on my
machine as it runs with Windows XP Home.

I learned you can crypt a connection string in the web.config with
aspnet_regiis -provided there is IIS on the machine- but ... the doc is
not very clear about doing that remotely. And I do not suppose the usual
way is to take the train to the server -during office time- to come and
type the command

09-21-2009

Gloops <gloops@newsgroup> wrote in
news:#Bd5OiHOKHA.352@newsgroup:

Quote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> Where would you advise me to post a question about how to store a
> password (in fact a connection string) on an aspx server ?
>
> If I remember correctly there is IIS on the server, but not on my
> machine as it runs with Windows XP Home.
>
> I learned you can crypt a connection string in the web.config with
> aspnet_regiis -provided there is IIS on the machine- but ... the doc
> is not very clear about doing that remotely. And I do not suppose the
> usual way is to take the train to the server -during office time- to
> come and type the command

Set up IIS locally. Set the machine key section of your web.config. use
the tool to encrypt locally. Then make sure the web.config has the
machine keys when deployed to the server so it can decrypt the section.

Peace and Grace,

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

Twitter: @gbworld
Blog: http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

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09-24-2009

Gregory A. Beamer a écrit, le 21/09/2009 16:48 :

Quote:

> Set up IIS locally. Set the machine key section of your web.config. use
> the tool to encrypt locally. Then make sure the web.config has the
> machine keys when deployed to the server so it can decrypt the section.

Oh, I thought I had read somewhere that IIS could not run on a machine
with Windows XP Home. Well, where can I find it ? Is it free ?

09-25-2009

Gloops <gloops@newsgroup> wrote in news:OPwBhpNPKHA.764
@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

Quote:

> Gregory A. Beamer a écrit, le 21/09/2009 16:48 :

Quote:

>> Set up IIS locally. Set the machine key section of your web.config. use

>

Quote:

>> the tool to encrypt locally. Then make sure the web.config has the
>> machine keys when deployed to the server so it can decrypt the section.

>
>
>
> Oh, I thought I had read somewhere that IIS could not run on a machine
> with Windows XP Home. Well, where can I find it ? Is it free ?

I did not read XP Home, so you are officially out of luck. If I remember
correctly, however, there was a site that showed how to set up IIS on XP
Home. It requires an XP Pro disk, if I remembered correctly, of course.

Peace and Grace,

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

Twitter: @gbworld
Blog: http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

*******************************************
| Think outside the box! |
*******************************************

09-26-2009

Gregory A. Beamer a écrit, le 25/09/2009 16:52 :

Quote:

> I did not read XP Home, so you are officially out of luck. If I remember
> correctly, however, there was a site that showed how to set up IIS on XP
> Home. It requires an XP Pro disk, if I remembered correctly, of course.

Well, thank you.

I eventually realized that this was an IIS question, and that there is
an IIS group (and even one per language).

I got the beginning of an answer in French, telling something that did
not surprise me a lot. It was a pity to arrive at the week-end when
realizing where to ask the question : now I have to wait for Monday

09-18-2009	#1 (permalink)
Gloops n/a posts	Password : where ? Hello everybody, Where would you advise me to post a question about how to store a password (in fact a connection string) on an aspx server ? If I remember correctly there is IIS on the server, but not on my machine as it runs with Windows XP Home. I learned you can crypt a connection string in the web.config with aspnet_regiis -provided there is IIS on the machine- but ... the doc is not very clear about doing that remotely. And I do not suppose the usual way is to take the train to the server -during office time- to come and type the command
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09-21-2009	#2 (permalink)
Gregory A. Beamer n/a posts	Re: Password : where ? Gloops <gloops@newsgroup> wrote in news:#Bd5OiHOKHA.352@newsgroup: Quote: > Hello everybody, > > Where would you advise me to post a question about how to store a > password (in fact a connection string) on an aspx server ? > > If I remember correctly there is IIS on the server, but not on my > machine as it runs with Windows XP Home. > > I learned you can crypt a connection string in the web.config with > aspnet_regiis -provided there is IIS on the machine- but ... the doc > is not very clear about doing that remotely. And I do not suppose the > usual way is to take the train to the server -during office time- to > come and type the command Set up IIS locally. Set the machine key section of your web.config. use the tool to encrypt locally. Then make sure the web.config has the machine keys when deployed to the server so it can decrypt the section. Peace and Grace, -- Gregory A. Beamer MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA Twitter: @gbworld Blog: http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com My vacation and childhood cancer awareness site: http://www.crazycancertour.com ***************************************** \| Think outside the box! \| *****************************************
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09-24-2009	#3 (permalink)
Gloops n/a posts	Re: Password : where ? Gregory A. Beamer a écrit, le 21/09/2009 16:48 : Quote: > Set up IIS locally. Set the machine key section of your web.config. use > the tool to encrypt locally. Then make sure the web.config has the > machine keys when deployed to the server so it can decrypt the section. Oh, I thought I had read somewhere that IIS could not run on a machine with Windows XP Home. Well, where can I find it ? Is it free ?
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09-25-2009	#4 (permalink)
Gregory A. Beamer n/a posts	Re: Password : where ? Gloops <gloops@newsgroup> wrote in news:OPwBhpNPKHA.764 @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: Quote: > Gregory A. Beamer a écrit, le 21/09/2009 16:48 : Quote: >> Set up IIS locally. Set the machine key section of your web.config. use > Quote: >> the tool to encrypt locally. Then make sure the web.config has the >> machine keys when deployed to the server so it can decrypt the section. > > > > Oh, I thought I had read somewhere that IIS could not run on a machine > with Windows XP Home. Well, where can I find it ? Is it free ? I did not read XP Home, so you are officially out of luck. If I remember correctly, however, there was a site that showed how to set up IIS on XP Home. It requires an XP Pro disk, if I remembered correctly, of course. Peace and Grace, -- Gregory A. Beamer MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA Twitter: @gbworld Blog: http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com ***************************************** \| Think outside the box! \| *****************************************
My System Specs

09-26-2009	#5 (permalink)
Gloops n/a posts	Re: Password : where ? Gregory A. Beamer a écrit, le 25/09/2009 16:52 : Quote: > I did not read XP Home, so you are officially out of luck. If I remember > correctly, however, there was a site that showed how to set up IIS on XP > Home. It requires an XP Pro disk, if I remembered correctly, of course. Well, thank you. I eventually realized that this was an IIS question, and that there is an IIS group (and even one per language). I got the beginning of an answer in French, telling something that did not surprise me a lot. It was a pity to arrive at the week-end when realizing where to ask the question : now I have to wait for Monday
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