Very new to asp.net so please excuse the newbie question.

How do I store settings for an ASP.NET page? For instance, I want to store configuration information such as SQL server, username, password…things like that. The ASP.NET page will use those settings to login into a local SQL server.

I don’t want to hardcode those settings in the application so I am looking for a way to store those in a file, but I want to make sure I do it right and the file is relatively secure.

Thanks!!