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There are 2 configuration files involved in a program. The application configuration file, that is distributed with the program, and machine.config.<br />
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Most of the information that is usually stored in the application configuration file can be stored in machine.config. That makes it easier to have a centralized configuration that enables a change to be seen my many applications. An application that stores settings in machine.config will thus need access to it.<br />
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See the description of what <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229697(v=VS.90).aspx" rel="ugc nofollow">machine.config</a> is used for.
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There are 2 configuration files involved in a program. The application configuration file, that is distributed with the program, and machine.config.

Most of the information that is usually stored in the application configuration file can be stored in machine.config. That makes it easier to have a centralized configuration that enables a change to be seen my many applications. An application that stores settings in machine.config will thus need access to it.

See the description of what machine.config [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229697(v=VS.90).aspx] is used for.

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Is this a security breach for our systems ?
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Is this a security breach for our systems ?

We have a program that requires read access to a machine.config file of the dotnet framework

The .NET Framework is not specific to any one programming language; rather, it includes a library of functions that allows developers to rapidly build applications. Several supported languages include C#, VB.NET, C++ or ASP.NET.