Embed credentials for webclient in C# Console Application app.config?

Question

Currently I'm using a login method like this to login, but I want to embed this into the app.config file for safe keeping...

Currently it looks like this.

WebClient c = new WebClient();  
c.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("UN", "PW", "server");

How can I embed this into the app.config file???

Answer 1

<appSettings>
  <add key="NetworkCredentialUserName" value="UN" />
  <add key="NetworkCredentialPassword" value="PW" />
</appSettings>

Then

var networkCredentialUserName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["NetworkCredentialUserName"];
var networkCredentialPassword = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["NetworkCredentialPassword"];
c.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(networkCredentialUserName, networkCredentialPassword , "server");

This however does not make them secure. If the network credential username & password are sensitive, I would consider encrypting the app.config appSettings section using something like PKCS12ProtectedConfigurationProvider (a nuget package).