ASP.NET: Compress ViewState

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Published on 2010-03-04T14:44:16Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 9:51 UTC
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viewstate

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compression

What are the latest and greatest ways to compress the ASP.NET ViewState content?

What about the performance of this? Is it worth it to keep the pages quick and minimize data-traffic?

How can I make:

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" 
value="/wEPDwUKMTM4Mjc3NDEyOWQYAQUeX19Db250cm9sc1JlcXVpcmVQb3N0QmFja0tleV9fFgkFLGN0b
DAwJENvbnRlbnRQbGFjZUhvbGRlcl9NYWluQ29udGVudCRSYWRCdXQxBSxjdGwwMCRDb250ZW50UGxhY2VIb
2xkZXJfTWFpbkNvbnRlbnQkUmFkQnV0MQUsY3RsMDAkQ29udGVudFBsYWNlSG9sZGVyX01haW5Db250ZW50J
FJhZEJ1dDIFLGN0bDAwJENvbnRlbnRQbGFjZUhvbGRlcl9NYWluQ29udGVudCRSYWRCdXQyBSxjdGwwMCRDb
250ZW50UGxhY2VIb2xkZXJfTWFpbkNvbnRlbnQkUmFkQnV0MwUsY3RsMDAkQ29udGVudFBsYWNlSG9sZGVyX
01haW5Db250ZW50JFJhZEJ1dDQFLGN0bDAwJENvbnRlbnRQbGFjZUhvbGRlcl9NYWluQ29udGVudCRSYWRCd
XQ0BSxjdGwwMCRDb250ZW50UGxhY2VIb2xkZXJfTWFpbkNvbnRlbnQkUmFkQnV0NQUsY3RsMDAkQ29udGVud
FBsYWNlSG9sZGVyX01haW5Db250ZW50JFJhZEJ1dDXz21BS0eJ7991pzjjj4VXbs2fGBw==" />

Into sometning like this:

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE"  id="__VIEWSTATE" 
value="/wEPDwUKMTM4Mjc3N==" />

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