Configuring Configuration Section Protection
In the
Code Generation Options flags on the Configuration Sections, there's a flag called
Protection. Enabling this flag makes the code generator create two methods,
Protect and
Unprotect. In addition to this code generation flag, the Configuration Sections have a
Protection Provider property and a
Custom Protection Provider property.
The
Protection Provider shows the built-in providers of the .NET Framework, as well as a
Custom setting. Selecting the
Custom setting makes the code generator use the
Custom Protection Provider property. In order to use a custom protection provider, it must first be implemented.
Instructions on how to do this can be found on MSDN, as well as through web searches.