Storing Credentials in Credential Manager Service

c# credentials
xaav picture xaav · Mar 7, 2010 · Viewed 14.8k times · Source

I have some credentials (username and a password), and I cannot figure out where to store them.

I heard about an application storing credentials in the Windows Credential Service, so I looked into this option. It seemed ideal. Just store sensitive information in a Windows Service, and not have to worry about storing them in your own registry key.

Unfortunately, I soon found out this was not so simple. The only help I found in MSDN was in C. I then thought I must have been mistaken, but then I downloaded Cain, and saw an entry for decoding credential manager passwords.

Is there a way to use this feature in .NET? Please let me know.

Answer

Aaronaught picture Aaronaught · Mar 7, 2010

You have to use interop to use the Credential Management API in .NET, but fortunately, somebody else has already done most of the hard work:

Credential Management with the .NET Framework 2.0

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