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IIdentity Interface

.NET Framework 4.5

Defines the basic functionality of an identity object.

Namespace: System.Security.Principal
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public interface IIdentity

The IIdentity type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AuthenticationType	Gets the type of authentication used.
	IsAuthenticated	Gets a value that indicates whether the user has been authenticated.
	Name	Gets the name of the current user.

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Remarks

An identity object represents the user on whose behalf the code is running. This interface is implemented by the GenericIdentity and WindowsIdentity classes.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

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

System.Security.Principal Namespace

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