Where is machineKey/validationKey used in FormsAuthentication?

Question

MSDN : machineKey

Configures algorithms and keys to use for encryption, decryption, and validation of forms-authentication data and view-state data, and for out-of-process session state identification

Specifically which methods in FormsAuthentication make use of validationKey and encryptionKey values?

Answer 1

The methods in FormsAuthentication that use validationKey and encryptionKey are the FormsAuthentication.Encrypt and FormsAuthentication.Decrypt methods.

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