// This method is used to encrypt the connection string 

private string EncryptConnectionString(string connectionString)
{
Byte[] b = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(connectionString);
string encryptedConnectionString = Convert.ToBase64String(b);
return encryptedConnectionString;
}

								

// This method is used to decrypt the connection string 

private string DecryptConnectionString()
{
Byte[] b = Convert.FromBase64String(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionString"]);
string decryptedConnectionString = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(b); 
return decryptedConnectionString;
}