title: Is app.config file a secure place to store passwords?
body: <p>I need to store confidential passwords within the code. I cannot use Hashing techniques as the password itself is needed. How can I store these data securely within an app.config file?</p>
  
  <p>Are there other ways I could accomplish this securely?</p>
  
  <p>DPAPI and ProtectData Class is not an option because the keys are system specific eg:connection strings can't be stored this way for different end user systems.</p>