Ehsan Mahpour’s Weblog

Creating a custom MachineKey in ASP.NET

by mahpour on Dec.06, 2007, under ASP.NET

There are many times when it is worthwhile to create a custom machineKey for your web.config file. This is worthwhile on a webfarm but also worthwhile on a stand-alone server so that your machineKey remains the same after an iisreset or application pool recycle.

Try this online tool to generate the machinekey and enjoy!


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