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Is aspnet_regiis.exe secure? If i encrypt using aspnet_regiis.exe, will it automatically decrypt the string and wont give any error? Need an insight into this stuff....any suggestions? Is Rsa the best option or wat? Wat's the best way to encrypt/decrypt programmatically?

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