ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol Property (System.Net)

.NET Framework Class Library

ServicePointManager..::.SecurityProtocol Property

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

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Property SecurityProtocol As SecurityProtocolType

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As SecurityProtocolType

value = ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol

ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = value

public static SecurityProtocolType SecurityProtocol { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
static property SecurityProtocolType SecurityProtocol {
    SecurityProtocolType get ();
    void set (SecurityProtocolType value);
}

JScript

public static function get SecurityProtocol () : SecurityProtocolType
public static function set SecurityProtocol (value : SecurityProtocolType)

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 a secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol for new connections that use the Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) scheme only; existing connections are not changed.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1

Reference

ServicePointManager Class

ServicePointManager Members

System.Net Namespace