Encrypting sensitive strings for Audience Manager

In the OutboundEmail.xml configuration file, the <BounceProcessing> and <Database> sections contain a <Password> element.

About this task

As it is not good practice to include sensitive data in configuration files in cleartext, it is recommended to encrypt sensitive data using the command line tool delivered with Outbound E-mail.

Procedure

  1. Open a command prompt.
  2. Access the SDL Tridion installation media.
  3. Navigate to the folder Outbound E-Mail\Encryption and run the following command:
    ProtectConfiguration.cmd

Results

The command line tool encrypts the passwords specified in the OutboundEmail.xml configuration file.

If encryption failed, the command prompt remains open and describes the nature of the errors. Fix the errors before proceeding.

To remove encryption from the passwords, navigate to the folder Outbound E-Mail\Encryption on the SDL Tridion installation media and run the following command:

UnprotectConfiguration.cmd