I could write (or buy) an app that goes through each and every web.config file in production and staging, parses the xml, and changes the specific password value.

App.config and Web.config files are a great way to add flexibility to your .NET application without having to modify code in the future. They also allow clients or end users to make configuration ...

So I shouldn't have been surprised when, in an early run of my ASP.NET Core for ASP.NET MVC Developers course, someone wanted to know how to work with encrypted information in ASP.NET Core's ...

Likewise, the Machine.config system file provides ASP.NET configuration settings for the entire Web server and forms the base settings for Web.config files used within an ASP.NET application ...