ICredentialsByHost Interface
.NET Framework 4.5
Provides the interface for retrieving credentials for a host, port, and authentication type.
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
The ICredentialsByHost type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
  | GetCredential | Returns the credential for the specified host, port, and authentication protocol. |
The credentials are used for authentication of requests sent to hosts using the WebClient class, and WebRequest and its derived classes.
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.
