AuthenticationManager.Authenticate Method
Calls each registered authentication module to find the first module that can respond to the authentication request.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
public static Authorization Authenticate( string challenge, WebRequest request, ICredentials credentials )
Parameters
- challenge
- Type: System.String
The challenge returned by the Internet resource.
- request
- Type: System.Net.WebRequest
The WebRequest that initiated the authentication challenge.
- credentials
- Type: System.Net.ICredentials
The ICredentials associated with this request.
Return Value
Type: System.Net.AuthorizationAn instance of the Authorization class containing the result of the authorization attempt. If there is no authentication module to respond to the challenge, this method returns null.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | challenge is null. -or- request is null. -or- credentials is null. |
The Authenticate method calls the IAuthenticationModule.Authenticate method on each registered authentication module until one of the module responds with an Authorization instance.
The first Authorization instance returned is used to authenticate the request. If no authentication module can authenticate the request, the Authenticate method returns null.
Authentication modules are called in the order in which they are registered with the AuthenticationManager.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
