xml and passwords

[chrismartz]

Is it possible to hide or encrypt any fields that would contain passwords or any other sensetive data. I would like to use all xml for my site definitions but won't be able to unless I can hide or encrypt data so its not visible when you go to the xml but it can be pulled from it.

[JayM]

Take a look at this article (http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/21564).

And here's an extremely good article on XML signatures (http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/08/08/xmldsig.html) .

[chrismartz]

What i'm doing is trying to use an xml file to store my sql database connection properties such as the db name, username, and password. Is there anything built into XML that I could use to encrypt this?