ASP.NET Configuration

Let us look at the ASP.NET configuration before moving further, because security is one of the sections in ASP.NET configuration. An ASP.NET configuration file is an XML-based text file that encloses a nested hierarchy of XML tags and subtags with attributes and spells out the configuration settings. Configuration information is stored in XML-based text files, so it is easy to edit and read using any standard text editor or XML parser. In ASP.NET there are two types of XML configuration files: server configuration (Machine.config) and application configuration (Web.config). ASP.NET configuration files have .config as the file extension.

  • The root configuration file, Machine.config, offers the default configuration settings ...

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