时有一个最佳实践的方式来储存在.NET Windows应用程序凭据，无论是内置的API或只是一个推荐的加密算法？

Is there is a best practices way to store credentials in a .NET Windows application, be it be a built in API or just a recommend encryption algorithm?

沿着相同的路线乌龟SVN，Spotify的和Skype。

Along the same lines as Tortoise SVN, Spotify and Skype.

编辑：我的本意是用返回一个令牌从它的认证服务的Web服务。然后，其他服务接受令牌作为参数。然而，令牌30分钟后到期，以便存储令牌本身就毫无意义了这个任务。

My intention is to use a web service that returns a token from it's authentication service. The other services then accept that token as a parameter. However, the token expires after 30 minutes so storing the token itself it pointless for this task.

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看来，使用ProtectedData （该包装href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms995355%28loband%29.aspx"> Windows数据保护API 的