If you want to create custom section in web.config similar to appSettings section, you can use .NET build-in class NameValueSectionHandler.
1. Under web.config configSections element, add a new section config:

2. Create a section called "EncryptionSettings", outside the configSections element.

You can add as many key/value pairs as you want in this section.
3. In your application, get the section configuration using this code:
NameValueCollection encConfig = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("EncryptionSettings") as NameValueCollection;
The return type of ConfigurationManager.GetSection() is actually
You can reference the configured key/value pairs using encConfig["MasterSecret"], etc.
1. Under web.config configSections element, add a new section config:
2. Create a section called "EncryptionSettings", outside the configSections element.
You can add as many key/value pairs as you want in this section.
3. In your application, get the section configuration using this code:
NameValueCollection encConfig = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("EncryptionSettings") as NameValueCollection;
The return type of ConfigurationManager.GetSection() is actually
ReadOnlyNameValueCollection
. However, ReadOnlyNameValueCollection
is an internal
class to the System.dll assembly. So you can't refer to it from your code. It derives from System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection
, though, You can cast it into NameValueCollection.
You are not able to change the collection since it is actually ReadOnlyNameValueCollection.
You can reference the configured key/value pairs using encConfig["MasterSecret"], etc.
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