private void SendActivationEmail(int userId)

{
string constr =
ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
string activationCode = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constr))
{
using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("INSERT INTO UserActivation
VALUES(@UserId, @ActivationCode)"))
{
using (SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter())
{
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserId", userId);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ActivationCode", activationCode);
cmd.Connection = con;
con.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
con.Close();
}
}
}
using (MailMessage mm = new MailMessage("sender@gmail.com", txtEmail.Text))
{
mm.Subject = "Account Activation";
string body = "Hello " + txtUsername.Text.Trim() + ",";
body += "<br /><br />Please click the following link to activate your
account";
body += "<br /><a href = '" + Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace("CS.aspx",
"CS_Activation.aspx?ActivationCode=" + activationCode) + "'>Click here to activate
your account.</a>";
body += "<br /><br />Thanks";
mm.Body = body;
mm.IsBodyHtml = true;
SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient();
smtp.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
smtp.EnableSsl = true;
NetworkCredential NetworkCred = new NetworkCredential("sender@gmail.com",
"<password>");
smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
smtp.Credentials = NetworkCred;
smtp.Port = 587;
smtp.Send(mm);
}
}

private string Encrypt(string clearText)

{
string EncryptionKey = "MAKV2SPBNI99212";
byte[] clearBytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(clearText);
using (Aes encryptor = Aes.Create())
{
Rfc2898DeriveBytes pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(EncryptionKey, new byte[]
{ 0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76 });
encryptor.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32);
encryptor.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16);
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms,
encryptor.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(clearBytes, 0, clearBytes.Length);
cs.Close();
}
clearText = Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
}
}
return clearText;
}
private string Decrypt(string cipherText)
{
string EncryptionKey = "MAKV2SPBNI99212";
byte[] cipherBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(cipherText);
using (Aes encryptor = Aes.Create())
{
Rfc2898DeriveBytes pdb = new Rfc2898DeriveBytes(EncryptionKey, new byte[]
{ 0x49, 0x76, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x20, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x64, 0x76, 0x65, 0x64, 0x65, 0x76 });
encryptor.Key = pdb.GetBytes(32);
encryptor.IV = pdb.GetBytes(16);
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (CryptoStream cs = new CryptoStream(ms,
encryptor.CreateDecryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write))
{
cs.Write(cipherBytes, 0, cipherBytes.Length);
cs.Close();
}
cipherText = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(ms.ToArray());
}
}
return cipherText;
}

System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData
public static string ProtectPassword(string password)
{
byte[] bytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(password);
byte[] protectedPassword = ProtectedData.Protect(bytes, null,
DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
return Convert.ToBase64String(protectedPassword);
}

public static string UnprotectPassword(string protectedPassword)

{
byte[] bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(protectedPassword);
byte[] password = ProtectedData.Unprotect(bytes, null,
DataProtectionScope.CurrentUser);
return Encoding.Unicode.GetString(password);
}