2 // System.Configuration.ProtectedConfiguration.cs
5 // Chris Toshok (toshok@ximian.com)
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31 using System.Collections.Specialized;
32 using System.Security.Cryptography;
34 namespace System.Configuration
36 public static class ProtectedConfiguration
38 public const string DataProtectionProviderName = "DataProtectionConfigurationProvider";
39 public const string ProtectedDataSectionName = "configProtectedData";
40 public const string RsaProviderName = "RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider";
42 public static string DefaultProvider {
43 get { return Section.DefaultProvider; }
46 public static ProtectedConfigurationProviderCollection Providers {
47 get { return Section.GetAllProviders(); }
50 internal static ProtectedConfigurationSection Section {
51 get { return (ProtectedConfigurationSection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection ("configProtectedData"); }
54 internal static ProtectedConfigurationProvider GetProvider (string name, bool throwOnError)
56 ProtectedConfigurationProvider p = Providers[name];
58 if (p == null && throwOnError)
59 throw new Exception (String.Format ("The protection provider '{0}' was not found.", name));