decrypt decrypted string using convert.frombase64string()

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Steve - 28 Aug 2007 13:16 GMT

I took over a web app that the developer encrypted the connection string. The connection string looks something like this [mchckjkfiekifjfyhg} (example), he is reading the string as

string con = ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["connection"]));

Now, I need to change the string in the web config file, so how can I get the new connection string from plain text to the encrypted string as is currently used?

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marss - 28 Aug 2007 14:10 GMT

> I took over a web app that the developer encrypted the connection string. The connection string looks something like this [mchckjkfiekifjfyhg} (example), he is reading the string as
>
> string con = ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["connection"]));
>
> Now, I need to change the string in the web config file, so how can I get the new connection string from plain text to the encrypted string as is currently used?

byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(originalString);
string encodedString = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua

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Patrice - 28 Aug 2007 14:36 GMT

Sorry for being picky but note that the string is "encoded" rather than
"encrypted".

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Patrice

>> I took over a web app that the developer encrypted the connection string.
>> The connection string looks something like this [mchckjkfiekifjfyhg}
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> Mykola
> http://marss.co.ua

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marss - 28 Aug 2007 15:13 GMT

> Sorry for being picky but note that the string is "encoded" rather than
> "encrypted".

Thanks, now I know it :)

Regards,
Mykola
http://marss.co.ua

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decrypt decrypted string using convert.frombase64string()

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