The following option flags are used with the InternetQueryOption and InternetSetOption functions. All valid option flags have a value greater than or equal to INTERNET_FIRST_OPTION and less than or equal to INTERNET_LAST_OPTION.
- INTERNET_OPTION_ALTER_IDENTITY
- 80
Not implemented
- INTERNET_OPTION_ASYNC
- 30
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_ASYNC_ID
- 15
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_ASYNC_PRIORITY
- 16
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_BYPASS_EDITED_ENTRY
- 64
Sets or retrieves the Boolean value that determines if the system should check the network for newer content and overwrite edited cache entries if a newer version is found. If set to True, the system checks the network for newer content and overwrites the edited cache entry with the newer version. The default is False, which indicates that the edited cache entry should be used without checking the network. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption. It is valid only in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CACHE_STREAM_HANDLE
- 27
No longer supported.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CACHE_TIMESTAMPS
- 69
Retrieves an
INTERNET_CACHE_TIMESTAMPS structure that contains the LastModified time and Expires time from the resource stored in the Internet cache. This value is used by
InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CALLBACK
- 1
Sets or retrieves the address of the callback function defined for this handle. This option can be used on all
HINTERNET handles. Used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CALLBACK_FILTER
- 54
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CLIENT_CERT_CONTEXT
- 84
This flag is not supported by
InternetQueryOption. The lpBuffer parameter must be a pointer to a
CERT_CONTEXT structure and not a pointer to a
CERT_CONTEXT pointer. If an application receives ERROR_INTERNET_CLIENT_AUTH_CERT_NEEDED, it must call
InternetErrorDlg or use
InternetSetOption to supply a certificate before retrying the request. CertDuplicateCertificateContext is then called so that the certificate context passed can be independently released by the application.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CODEPAGE
- 68
By default, the host or authority portion of the Unicode URL is encoded according to the IDN specification. Setting this option on the request, or connection handle, when IDN is disabled, specifies a code page encoding scheme for the host portion of the URL. The lpBuffer parameter in the call to InternetSetOption contains the desired DBCS code page. If no code page is specified in lpBuffer, WinINet uses the default system code page (CP_ACP).
Note: This option is ignored if IDN is not disabled. For more information about how to disable IDN, see the INTERNET_OPTION_IDN option.
Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Server 2003 with SP1: This flag is not supported.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 7.0.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CODEPAGE_PATH
- 100
By default, the path portion of the URL is UTF8 encoded. The WinINet API performs escape character (%) encoding on the high-bit characters. Setting this option on the request, or connection handle, disables the UTF8 encoding and sets a specific code page. The lpBuffer parameter in the call to InternetSetOption contains the desired DBCS codepage for the path. If no code page is specified in lpBuffer, WinINet uses the default CP_UTF8.
Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Server 2003 with SP1: This flag is not supported.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 7.0.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CODEPAGE_EXTRA
- 101
By default, the path portion of the URL is the default system code page (CP_ACP). The escape character (%) conversions are not performed on the extra portion. Setting this option on the request, or connection handle disables the CP_ACP encoding. The lpBuffer parameter in the call to InternetSetOption contains the desired DBCS codepage for the extra portion of the URL. If no code page is specified in lpBuffer, WinINet uses the default system code page (CP_ACP).
Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Server 2003 with SP1: This flag is not supported.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 7.0.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_BACKOFF
- 4
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_RETRIES
- 3
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the number of times WinINet attempts to resolve and connect to a host. It only attempts once per IP address. For example, if you attempt to connect to a multihome host that has ten IP addresses and
INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_RETRIES is set to seven, WinINet only attempts to resolve and connect to the first seven IP addresses. Conversely, given the same set of ten IP addresses, if
INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_RETRIES is set to 20, WinINet attempts each of the ten only once. If a host has only one IP address and the first connection attempt fails, there are no further attempts. If a connection attempt still fails after the specified number of attempts, the request is canceled. The default value for
INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_RETRIES is five attempts. This option can be used on any
HINTERNET handle, including a NULL handle. It is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIME
- 55
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
- 2
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the time-out value, in milliseconds, to use for Internet connection requests. Setting this option to infinite (0xFFFFFFFF) will disable this timer.
If a connection request takes longer than this time-out value, the request is canceled. When attempting to connect to multiple IP addresses for a single host (a multihome host), the timeout limit is cumulative for all of the IP addresses. This option can be used on any
HINTERNET handle, including a NULL handle. It is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECTED_STATE
- 50
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the connected state. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONTEXT_VALUE
- 45
Sets or retrieves a DWORD_PTR that contains the address of the context value associated with this
HINTERNET handle. This option can be used on any
HINTERNET handle. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption. Previously, this set the context value to the address stored in the lpBuffer pointer. This has been corrected so that the value stored in the buffer is used and the
INTERNET_OPTION_CONTEXT_VALUE flag is assigned a new value. The old value, 10, has been preserved so that applications written for the old behavior are still supported.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONTROL_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
- 6
Identical to
INTERNET_OPTION_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_CONTROL_SEND_TIMEOUT
- 5
Identical to
INTERNET_OPTION_SEND_TIMEOUT. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DATA_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
- 8
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DATA_SEND_TIMEOUT
- 7
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DATAFILE_NAME
- 33
Retrieves a string value that contains the name of the file backing a downloaded entity. This flag is valid after
InternetOpenUrl,
FtpOpenFile,
GopherOpenFile, or
HttpOpenRequest has completed. This option can only be queried by
InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DATAFILE_EXT
- 96
Sets a string value that contains the extension of the file backing a downloaded entity. This flag should be set before calling
InternetOpenUrl,
FtpOpenFile,
GopherOpenFile, or
HttpOpenRequest. This option can only be set by
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DIAGNOSTIC_SOCKET_INFO
- 67
Retrieves an INTERNET_DIAGNOSTIC_SOCKET_INFO structure that contains data about a specified HTTP Request. This flag is used by InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DIGEST_AUTH_UNLOAD
- 76
Causes the system to log off the Digest authentication SSPI package, purging all of the credentials created for the process. No buffer is required for this option. It is used by
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DISABLE_AUTODIAL
- 70
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_DISCONNECTED_TIMEOUT
- 49
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_END_BROWSER_SESSION
- 42
Flushes entries not in use from the password cache on the hard disk drive. Also resets the cache time used when the synchronization mode is once-per-session. No buffer is required for this option. This is used by InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_ERROR_MASK
- 62
Sets an unsigned long integer value that contains the error masks that can be handled by the client application. This can be a combination of the following values:
- INTERNET_ERROR_MASK_COMBINED_SEC_CERT
0x2
Indicates that all certificate errors are to be reported using the same error return, namely ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_ERRORS. If this flag is set, call InternetErrorDlg upon receiving the ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_ERRORS error, so that the user can respond to a familiar dialog describing the problem.
Caution Failing to inform the user of this error exposes the user to potential spoofing attacks.
- INTERNET_ERROR_MASK_INSERT_CDROM
0x1
Indicates that the client application can handle the ERROR_INTERNET_INSERT_CDROM error code.
- INTERNET_ERROR_MASK_LOGIN_FAILURE_DISPLAY_ENTITY_BODY
0x8
Indicates that the client application can handle the ERROR_INTERNET_LOGIN_FAILURE_DISPLAY_ENTITY_BODY error code.
- INTERNET_ERROR_MASK_NEED_MSN_SSPI_PKG
0x4
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_EXTENDED_ERROR
- 24
Retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains a Winsock error code mapped to the ERROR_INTERNET_ error messages last returned in this thread context. This option is used on a NULLHINTERNET handle by
InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_FROM_CACHE_TIMEOUT
- 63
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the amount of time the system should wait for a response to a network request before checking the cache for a copy of the resource. If a network request takes longer than the time specified and the requested resource is available in the cache, the resource is retrieved from the cache. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_HANDLE_TYPE
- 9
Retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the type of the
HINTERNET handles passed in. This is used by
InternetQueryOption on any
HINTERNET handle. Possible return values include the following.
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_CONNECT_FTP
2
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_CONNECT_GOPHER
3
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_CONNECT_HTTP
4
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_FILE_REQUEST
14
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_FTP_FILE
7
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_FTP_FILE_HTML
8
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_FTP_FIND
5
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_FTP_FIND_HTML
6
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_GOPHER_FILE
11
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_GOPHER_FILE_HTML
12
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_GOPHER_FIND
9
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_GOPHER_FIND_HTML
10
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_HTTP_REQUEST
13
- INTERNET_HANDLE_TYPE_INTERNET
1
- INTERNET_OPTION_HTTP_DECODING
- 65
Enables WinINet to perform decoding for the gzip and deflate encoding schemes. For more information, see Content Encoding.
- INTERNET_OPTION_HTTP_VERSION
- 59
Sets or retrieves an
HTTP_VERSION_INFO structure that contains the supported HTTP version. This must be used on a NULL handle. This is used by InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_IDENTITY
- 78
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_IDLE_STATE
- 51
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_IDN
- 102
By default, the host or authority portion of the URL is encoded according to the IDN specification for both direct and proxy connections. This option can be used on the request, or connection handle to enable or disable IDN. When IDN is disabled, WinINet uses the system codepage to encode the host or authority portion of the URL. To disable IDN host conversion, set the lpBuffer parameter in the call to InternetSetOption to zero. To enable IDN conversion on only the direct connection, specify INTERNET_FLAG_IDN_DIRECT in the lpBuffer parameter in the call to InternetSetOption. To enable IDN conversion on only the proxy connection, specify INTERNET_FLAG_IDN_PROXY in the lpBuffer parameter in the call to InternetSetOption.
Windows XP with SP2 and Windows Server 2003 with SP1: This flag is not supported.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 7.0.
- INTERNET_OPTION_IGNORE_OFFLINE
- 77
Sets or retrieves whether the global offline flag should be ignored for the specified request handle. No buffer is required for this option. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption with a request handle. This option is only valid in Internet Explorer 5 and later.
- INTERNET_OPTION_KEEP_CONNECTION
- 22
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_LISTEN_TIMEOUT
- 11
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_MAX_CONNS_PER_1_0_SERVER
- 74
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the maximum number of connections allowed per HTTP/1.0 server. This is used by InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption. This option is only valid in Internet Explorer 5 and later.
- INTERNET_OPTION_MAX_CONNS_PER_PROXY
- 103
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the maximum number of connections allowed per CERN proxy. This option may be set or retrieved with a null handle value. A null handle value indicates that the option should be set or queried for the current process.
If a NULL handle value is used for InternetSetOption, all existing proxy objects will receive the new value.
This value is limited to a range of 2 to 128, inclusive.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 8.0.
- INTERNET_OPTION_MAX_CONNS_PER_SERVER
- 73
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the maximum number of connections allowed per server. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption. This option is only valid in Internet Explorer 5 and later.
- INTERNET_OPTION_OFFLINE_MODE
- 26
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_OFFLINE_SEMANTICS
- 52
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_PARENT_HANDLE
- 21
Retrieves the parent handle to this handle. This option can be used on any
HINTERNET handle by
InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_PASSWORD
- 29
Sets or retrieves a string value that contains the password associated with a handle returned by
InternetConnect. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_PER_CONNECTION_OPTION
- 75
Sets or retrieves an
INTERNET_PER_CONN_OPTION_LIST structure that specifies a list of options for a particular connection. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption. This option is only valid in Internet Explorer 5 and later.
Note INTERNET_OPTION_PER_CONNECTION_OPTION causes the settings to be changed on a system-wide basis when a NULL handle is used in the call to InternetSetOption. To refresh the global proxy settings, you must call InternetSetOption with the INTERNET_OPTION_REFRESH option flag.
Note To change proxy information for the entire process without affecting the global settings in Internet Explorer 5 and later, use this option on the handle that is returned from InternetOpen. The following code example changes the proxy for the whole process even though the HINTERNET handle is closed and is not used by any requests.
For more information and code examples, see KB article 226473.
- INTERNET_OPTION_POLICY
- 48
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY
- 38
Sets or retrieves an
INTERNET_PROXY_INFO structure that contains the proxy data for an existing InternetOpen handle when the
HINTERNET handle is not NULL. If the
HINTERNET handle is NULL, the function sets or queries the global proxy data. This option can be used on the
handle returned by
InternetOpen. It is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
Note It is recommended that INTERNET_OPTION_PER_CONNECTION_OPTION be used instead of INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY. For more information, see KB article 226473.
- INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY_PASSWORD
- 44
Sets or retrieves a string value that contains the password used to access the proxy. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption. This option can be set on the handle returned by InternetConnect or HttpOpenRequest.
- INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY_USERNAME
- 43
Sets or retrieves a string value that contains the user name used to access the proxy. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption. This option can be set on the handle returned by InternetConnect or HttpOpenRequest.
- INTERNET_OPTION_READ_BUFFER_SIZE
- 12
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the size of the read buffer. This option can be used on
HINTERNET handles returned by
FtpOpenFile,
FtpFindFirstFile, and
InternetConnect (FTP session only). This option is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_RECEIVE_THROUGHPUT
- 57
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT
- 6
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the time-out value, in milliseconds, to receive a response to a request. If the response takes longer than this time-out value, the request is canceled. This option can be used on any
HINTERNET handle, including a NULL handle. It is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_REFRESH
- 37
Causes the proxy data to be reread from the registry for a handle. No buffer is required. This option can be used on the
HINTERNET handle returned by
InternetOpen. It is used by
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_REMOVE_IDENTITY
- 79
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_REQUEST_FLAGS
- 23
Retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the special status flags that indicate the status of the download in progress. This is used by
InternetQueryOption. The
INTERNET_OPTION_REQUEST_FLAGS option can be one of the following values:
- INTERNET_REQFLAG_ASYNC
0x00000002
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_REQFLAG_CACHE_WRITE_DISABLED
0x00000040
Internet request cannot be cached (an HTTPS request, for example).
- INTERNET_REQFLAG_FROM_CACHE
0x00000001
Response came from the cache.
- INTERNET_REQFLAG_NET_TIMEOUT
0x00000080
Internet request timed out.
- INTERNET_REQFLAG_NO_HEADERS
0x00000008
Original response contained no headers.
- INTERNET_REQFLAG_PASSIVE
0x00000010
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_REQFLAG_VIA_PROXY
0x00000004
Request was made through a proxy.
- INTERNET_OPTION_REQUEST_PRIORITY
- 58
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the priority of requests that compete for a connection on an HTTP handle. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_RESET_URLCACHE_SESSION
- 60
Starts a new cache session for the process. No buffer is required. This is used by
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SECONDARY_CACHE_KEY
- 53
Sets or retrieves a string value that contains the secondary cache key. This is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_CERTIFICATE
- 35
Retrieves the certificate for an SSL/PCT (Secure Sockets Layer/Private Communications Technology) server into a formatted string. This is used by
InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_CERTIFICATE_STRUCT
- 32
Retrieves the certificate for an SSL/PCT server into the INTERNET_CERTIFICATE_INFO structure. This is used by
InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_FLAGS
- 31
Retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the security flags for a handle. This option is used by
InternetQueryOption. It can be a combination of the following values.
- SECURITY_FLAG_128BIT
0x40000000
Identical to the preferred value
SECURITY_FLAG_STRENGTH_STRONG. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_40BIT
0x10000000
Identical to the preferred value
SECURITY_FLAG_STRENGTH_WEAK. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_56BIT
0x20000000
Identical to the preferred value
SECURITY_FLAG_STRENGTH_MEDIUM. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_FORTEZZA
0x08000000
Indicates Fortezza has been used to provide secrecy, authentication, and/or integrity for the specified connection.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IETFSSL4
0x00000020
Not implemented.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IGNORE_CERT_CN_INVALID
0x00001000
Ignores the
ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_CN_INVALID error message.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IGNORE_CERT_DATE_INVALID
0x00002000
Ignores the
ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_DATE_INVALID error message.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP
0x00008000
Ignores the
ERROR_INTERNET_HTTPS_TO_HTTP_ON_REDIR error message.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS
0x00004000
Ignores the
ERROR_INTERNET_HTTP_TO_HTTPS_ON_REDIR error message.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IGNORE_REVOCATION
0x00000080
Ignores certificate revocation problems.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IGNORE_UNKNOWN_CA
0x00000100
Ignores unknown certificate authority problems.
- SECURITY_FLAG_IGNORE_WRONG_USAGE
0x00000200
Ignores incorrect usage problems.
- SECURITY_FLAG_NORMALBITNESS
0x10000000
Identical to the value
SECURITY_FLAG_STRENGTH_WEAK. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_PCT
0x00000008
Not implemented.
- SECURITY_FLAG_PCT4
0x00000010
Not implemented.
- SECURITY_FLAG_SECURE
0x00000001
Uses secure transfers. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_SSL
0x00000002
Not implemented.
- SECURITY_FLAG_SSL3
0x00000004
Not implemented.
- SECURITY_FLAG_STRENGTH_MEDIUM
0x40000000
Uses medium (56-bit) encryption. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_STRENGTH_STRONG
0x20000000
Uses strong (128-bit) encryption. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_STRENGTH_WEAK
0x10000000
Uses weak (40-bit) encryption. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
- SECURITY_FLAG_UNKNOWNBIT
0x80000000
The bit size used in the encryption is unknown. This is only returned in a call to
InternetQueryOption.
Be aware that the data retrieved this way
relates to a transaction that has occurred, whose security level can
no longer be changed.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SECURITY_KEY_BITNESS
- 36
Retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the bit size of the encryption key. The larger the number, the greater the encryption strength used. This is used by
InternetQueryOption. Be aware that the data retrieved this way relates to a transaction that has already occurred, whose security level can no longer be changed.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SEND_THROUGHPUT
- 56
Not implemented.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SEND_TIMEOUT
- 5
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value, in milliseconds, that contains the time-out value to send a request. If the send takes longer than this time-out value, the send is canceled. This option can be used on any
HINTERNET handle, including a NULL handle. It is used by InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SERVER_CERT_CHAIN_CONTEXT
- 105
Retrieves the server’s certificate-chain context as a duplicated PCCERT_CHAIN_CONTEXT.
You may pass this duplicated context to any Crypto API function which takes a PCCERT_CHAIN_CONTEXT.
You must call CertFreeCertificateChain on the returned PCCERT_CHAIN_CONTEXT when you are done with the certificate-chain context.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 8.0.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SETTINGS_CHANGED
- 39
Notifies the system that the registry settings have been changed so that it verifies the settings on the next call to
InternetConnect. This is used by
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SUPPRESS_SERVER_AUTH
- 104
Sets an HTTP request object such that it will not logon to origin servers, but will perform automatic logon to HTTP proxy servers. This option differs from the Request flag INTERNET_FLAG_NO_AUTH, which prevents authentication to both proxy servers and origin servers.
Setting this mode will suppress the use of any credential material (either previously provided username/password or client SSL certificate) when communicating with an origin server. However, if the request must transit via an authenticating proxy, WinINet will still perform automatic authentication to the HTTP proxy per the Intranet Zone settings for the user. The default Intranet Zone setting is to permit automatic logon using the user’s default credentials.
To ensure suppression of all identifying information, the caller should combine INTERNET_OPTION_SUPPRESS_SERVER_AUTH with the INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES request flag.
This option may only be set on request objects before they have been sent. Attempts to set this option after the request has been sent will return ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_HANDLE_STATE.
No buffer is required for this option.
This is used by InternetSetOption on handles returned by HttpOpenRequest only.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 8.0 or later.
- INTERNET_OPTION_SUPPRESS_BEHAVIOR
- 81
A general purpose option that is used to suppress behaviors on a process-wide basis. The lpBuffer parameter of the function must be a pointer to a DWORD containing the specific behavior to suppress. This option cannot be queried with InternetQueryOption. The permitted values are:
- INTERNET_SUPPRESS_RESET_ALL
0
Disables all suppressions, re-enabling default and configured behavior. This option is the equivalent of setting INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_POLICY_RESET and INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_PERSIST_RESET individually.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.
- INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_POLICY
1
Ignores any configured cookie policies and allows cookies to be set.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.
- INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_POLICY_RESET
2
Disables the INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_POLICY suppression, permitting the evaluation of cookies according to the configured cookie policy.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.
-
INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_PERSIST
3
Suppresses the persistence of cookies, even if the server has specified them as persistent.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 8.0 or later.
- INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_PERSIST_RESET
4
Disables the INTERNET_SUPPRESS_COOKIE_PERSIST suppression, re-enabling the persistence of cookies. Any previously suppressed cookies will not become persistent.
Version: Requires Internet Explorer 8.0 or later.
- INTERNET_OPTION_URL
- 34
Retrieves a string value that contains the full URL of a downloaded resource. If the original URL contained any extra data, such as search strings or anchors, or if the call was redirected, the URL returned differs from the original. This option is valid on
HINTERNET handles returned by
InternetOpenUrl,
FtpOpenFile,
GopherOpenFile, or
HttpOpenRequest. It is used by InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_USER_AGENT
- 41
Sets or retrieves the user agent string on handles supplied by
InternetOpen and used in subsequent
HttpSendRequest functions, as long as it is not overridden by a header added by
HttpAddRequestHeaders or
HttpSendRequest. This is used by InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_USERNAME
- 28
Sets or retrieves a string that contains the user name associated with a handle returned by
InternetConnect. This is used by InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_VERSION
- 40
Retrieves an INTERNET_VERSION_INFO structure that contains the version number of Wininet.dll. This option can be used on a NULLHINTERNET handle by
InternetQueryOption.
- INTERNET_OPTION_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE
- 13
Sets or retrieves an unsigned long integer value that contains the size, in bytes, of the write buffer. This option can be used on
HINTERNET handles returned by
FtpOpenFile and
InternetConnect (FTP session only). It is used by
InternetQueryOption and
InternetSetOption.
Requirements
| Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional |
| Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server |
| Version | Internet Explorer 4.0 or later |
| Header | Wininet.h, Winineti.h |
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