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ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the security protocol used by the ServicePoint objects managed by the ServicePointManager object.

Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

public static SecurityProtocolType SecurityProtocol { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Net.SecurityProtocolType
One of the values defined in the SecurityProtocolType enumeration.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
NotSupportedException	The value specified to set the property is not a valid SecurityProtocolType enumeration value.

Remarks

This property selects the version of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to use for new connections that use the Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) scheme only; existing connections are not changed.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

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.

Reference

ServicePointManager Class

System.Net Namespace

ServicePoint

SecurityProtocolType

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