making web.config password protected and use it in application

I want to make my web.config password protected so that external u开发者_如何学Csers do not open it. But my application should be able to access. Is there any way to do this??

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Rather than protecting file by password use Encrypt web config have look to this : Encrypting Web.Config Values in ASP.NET 2.0

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See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647398.aspx

And some samples https://web.archive.org/web/20211020203213/https://www.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/021506-1.aspx