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Missing entries in user.config after decryption/encryption

I like to store a username and password to the user.config in my C# .net5 program. I don't want to store the password direct and I decided to decrypt the userSettings section.
After decryption parts of the file are missing.
Orginal user.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" >
<section name="FileUploader.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" overrideModeDefault="Allow" restartOnExternalChanges="true" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<userSettings>
<FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="UserName" serializeAs="String">
<value>user</value>
</setting>
<setting name="Password" serializeAs="String">
<value>xyz</value>
</setting>
</FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
After encryption:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" >
<section name="FileUploader.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" overrideModeDefault="Allow" restartOnExternalChanges="true" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<userSettings>
<FileUploader.Properties.Settings configProtectionProvider="DataProtectionConfigurationProvider">
<EncryptedData>
<CipherData>
<CipherValue>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</CipherValue>
</CipherData>
</EncryptedData>
</FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
After decryption:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" >
<section name="FileUploader.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51" allowLocation="true" allowDefinition="Everywhere" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" overrideModeDefault="Allow" restartOnExternalChanges="true" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<userSettings>
<FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="" serializeAs="String">
<value>xyz</value>
</setting>
</FileUploader.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
There is only the last entry and the name of the entry is missing. If I switch the order in the original file, I get "user" as the value.
The code to decrypt/encrypt (more or less a copy of an msdn example):
private void ProtectSettings()
{
// Get the application configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);
// Define the Rsa provider name.
string provider = "DataProtectionConfigurationProvider";
string section = "userSettings/" + System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name + ".Properties.Settings";
// Get the section to protect.
ConfigurationSection connStrings = config.GetSection(section);
if (connStrings != null)
{
if (!connStrings.SectionInformation.IsProtected)
{
if (!connStrings.ElementInformation.IsLocked)
{
// Protect the section.
connStrings.SectionInformation.ProtectSection(provider);
connStrings.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
Debug.WriteLine("Section {0} is now protected by {1}",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name,
connStrings.SectionInformation.ProtectionProvider.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Can't protect, section {0} is locked",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Section {0} is already protected by {1}",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name,
connStrings.SectionInformation.ProtectionProvider.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine("Can't get the section {0}", section);
}
private static void UnProtectSettings()
{
// Get the application configuration file.
System.Configuration.Configuration config =
ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);
string section = "userSettings/" + System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name + ".Properties.Settings";
// Get the section to unprotect.
ConfigurationSection connStrings = config.GetSection(section);
if (connStrings != null)
{
if (connStrings.SectionInformation.IsProtected)
{
if (!connStrings.ElementInformation.IsLocked)
{
// Unprotect the section.
connStrings.SectionInformation.UnprotectSection();
connStrings.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
Debug.WriteLine("Section {0} is now unprotected.",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Can't unprotect, section {0} is locked",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine(
"Section {0} is already unprotected.",
connStrings.SectionInformation.Name);
}
else
Debug.WriteLine("Can't get the section {0}", section);
}

After playing around with this for a while, I discovered that the issue comes from the ConfigurationSaveMode.Full option.
In both ProtectSettings() and UnProtectSettings(), instead of
connStrings.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
simply use:
config.Save();
I have no idea why that option leads to unwanted behavior.

ConfigurationSection won't convert to NameValueCollection

I have this Q1.config file in my Console Application (.NET 4.5.2)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="globalKey" value="globalValue" />
</appSettings>
<configSections>
<section name="validations" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
</configSections>
<validations>
<add key="validationKey" value="validationValue"/>
</validations>
</configuration>
I'm reading it like this
ExeConfigurationFileMap configFileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap { ExeConfigFilename = "Q1.config" };
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
ConfigurationSection validationSettings = config.GetSection("validations");
This works fine:
string globalValue = config.AppSettings.Settings["globalKey"].Value;
But how do I get my "validationKey"? I tried these but they don't work:
validationSettings["validationKey"]
validationSettings.Settings["validationKey"]
(config.GetSection("validations") as NameValueCollection)["validationKey"]

With the answer from #Karthik I ran into an issue... if I use ConfigurationManager.GetSection() I only get null. To get the section I have to use the config object returned by OpenMappedExeConfiguration. However, GetSection() in config isn't of type object as in ConfigurationManager, but DefaultSection from which I can't read the key value pairs, nor can I cast it to NameValueCollection. Browsing on the web I found this article with a solution that worked for me.
Basically extract the XML from the section and parse it manually with an XmlDoc.
public static NameValueCollection GetSectionSettings(string sectionToRead, string configPath)
{
if (!File.Exists(configPath)) { throw new ArgumentException($"File not found: {configPath}", nameof(configPath)); }
var fileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap() { ExeConfigFilename = configPath };
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(fileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
string settingsXml = config.GetSection(sectionToRead).SectionInformation.GetRawXml();
XmlDocument settingsXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
settingsXmlDoc.Load(new StringReader(settingsXml));
NameValueSectionHandler handler = new NameValueSectionHandler();
return handler.Create(null, null, settingsXmlDoc.DocumentElement) as NameValueCollection;
}

Here you go
Your XML configuration
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="validations" type="System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection" />
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1" />
</startup>
<appSettings>
<add key="globalKey" value="globalValue" />
</appSettings>
<validations>
<add key="validationKey" value="validationValue"/>
</validations>
</configuration>
And you can get these values in C# using
ExeConfigurationFileMap configFileMap = new ExeConfigurationFileMap { ExeConfigFilename = "Q1.config" };
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFileMap, ConfigurationUserLevel.None);
NameValueCollection validationSettings = (NameValueCollection)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("validations");
string globalValue = validationSettings[0];
I've used an index here validationSettings[0] to access the value. You can use your key to get the value
Thanks

Self Hosted Service Reporting 413 when uploading base64 encoded string

I have a self hosted Rest Service and users are reporting getting 413 errors when uploading large images. It works with smaller strings
The images are being sent as a base64 encoded string.
I have a feeling it is something to do with a default limit that I need to increase from some other threads I have read.
But I have been unable to work out what an where I need to add the configuration?
Do I need to add it to the App.config?
This is my current App.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
<section name="Service.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="HttpApiService.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-6.0.0.0" newVersion="6.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
<userSettings>
<Service.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="URL" serializeAs="String">
<value>https://localhost:8083/</value>
</setting>
</Service.Properties.Settings>
<HttpApiService.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="URL" serializeAs="String">
<value>https://localhost:8083/</value>
</setting>
</HttpApiService.Properties.Settings>
</userSettings>
</configuration>
I have the feeling it is something along the lines of:
<system.serviceModel>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding
maxBufferPoolSize="2147483647"
maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"
maxBufferSize="2147483647" transferMode="Streamed">
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
But wherever I try to add that section into my app.config I get an error.
Can anyone tell me how to solve this 413 problem in a self hosted service?

I believe this is the answer...
_config.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 5242880; // 5mb
_config.MaxBufferSize = 5242880; // 5mb
In the following:
namespace HttpApiService
{
public partial class HttpApiService : ServiceBase
{
private HttpSelfHostServer _server;
//private readonly HttpSelfHostConfiguration _config; // http
private readonly MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration _config; // https
public string ServiceAddress = Settings.Default.URL;
public HttpApiService()
{
InitializeComponent();
_config = new MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration(ServiceAddress);
_config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
_config.Routes.MapHttpRoute("DefaultApi", "{controller}/{id}", new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });
// added these to solve the upload size problem
_config.MaxReceivedMessageSize = 5242880; // 5mb
_config.MaxBufferSize = 5242880; // 5mb
}
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
EventLog.WriteEntry("HttpApiService started.");
_server = new HttpSelfHostServer(_config);
_server.OpenAsync();
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
EventLog.WriteEntry("HttpApiService stopped.");
_server.CloseAsync().Wait();
_server.Dispose();
}
class MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration : HttpSelfHostConfiguration
{
public MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration(string baseAddress) : base(baseAddress) { }
public MyHttpsSelfHostConfiguration(Uri baseAddress) : base(baseAddress) { }
protected override BindingParameterCollection OnConfigureBinding(HttpBinding httpBinding)
{
httpBinding.Security.Mode = HttpBindingSecurityMode.Transport;
//Console.WriteLine("https is on");
return base.OnConfigureBinding(httpBinding);
}
}
}
}

NHibernate. SessionFactory.Delete deletes all tables

I try to run example from https://github.com/jagregory/fluent-nhibernate/wiki/Getting-started but after running next code all tables are cleared. I don't understand why it happens. I expecting that the store var barginBasin = new Store { Name = "Bargin Basin" }; and rows from table StoreProduct with Store_id of this store will be deleted.
using (var session = sessionFactory.OpenSession())
{
session.Delete(session.CreateCriteria(typeof (Store)).List<Store>()[0]);
session.Flush();
}
sessionFactory initialization:
var dbConfig = OracleDataClientConfiguration.Oracle10
.ConnectionString(c => c.FromConnectionStringWithKey("Oracle"))
.Driver<OracleDataClientDriver>()
.ShowSql();
sessionFactory = Fluently.Configure()
.Database(dbConfig)
.Mappings(m => m.FluentMappings.AddFromAssemblyOf<Employee>())
.BuildSessionFactory();
App.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Oracle"
connectionString="DATA SOURCE=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=[IP])(PORT=[PORT]))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=XE)));PASSWORD=[PASSWORD];PERSIST SECURITY INFO=True;USER ID=[USER ID]"
providerName="Oracle.DataAccess.Client" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>

Custom Config section in App.config C#

I'm a quite beginner with config sections in c#
I want to create a custom section in config file. What I've tried after googling is as the follows
Config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="MyCustomSections">
<section name="CustomSection" type="CustomSectionTest.CustomSection,CustomSection"/>
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<MyCustomSections>
<CustomSection key="Default"/>
</MyCustomSections>
</configuration>
CustomSection.cs
namespace CustomSectionTest
{
public class CustomSection : ConfigurationSection
{
[ConfigurationProperty("key", DefaultValue="Default", IsRequired = true)]
[StringValidator(InvalidCharacters = "~!##$%^&*()[]{}/;'\"|\\", MinLength = 1, MaxLength = 60)]
public String Key
{
get { return this["key"].ToString(); }
set { this["key"] = value; }
}
}
}
When I use this code to retrieve Section I get an error saying configuration error.
var cf = (CustomSection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection");
What am I missing?
Thanks.
Edit
What I need ultimately is
<CustomConfigSettings>
<Setting id="1">
<add key="Name" value="N"/>
<add key="Type" value="D"/>
</Setting>
<Setting id="2">
<add key="Name" value="O"/>
<add key="Type" value="E"/>
</Setting>
<Setting id="3">
<add key="Name" value="P"/>
<add key="Type" value="F"/>
</Setting>
</CustomConfigSettings>

App.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="customAppSettingsGroup">
<section name="customAppSettings" type="System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection, System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<customAppSettingsGroup>
<customAppSettings>
<add key="KeyOne" value="ValueOne"/>
<add key="KeyTwo" value="ValueTwo"/>
</customAppSettings>
</customAppSettingsGroup>
</configuration>
Usage:
NameValueCollection settings =
ConfigurationManager.GetSection("customAppSettingsGroup/customAppSettings")
as System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection;
if (settings != null)
{
foreach (string key in settings.AllKeys)
{
Response.Write(key + ": " + settings[key] + "<br />");
}
}

Try using:
var cf = (CustomSection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection("MyCustomSections/CustomSection");
You need both the name of the section group and the custom section.

Highlight ConfigurationSection press F1,
You will see that the implementation on the MSDN website overrides a property called "Properties" which returns a "ConfigurationPropertyCollection", as your properties have a matching attribute of that type you should be able to populate this collection with your properties if not wrap them in the same way the MS guys have.