HttpClientCredentialType Enumeration (System.ServiceModel)

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HttpClientCredentialType Enumeration

Enumerates the valid credential types for HTTP clients.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Enumeration HttpClientCredentialType

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As HttpClientCredentialType

public enum HttpClientCredentialType

Visual C++

public enum class HttpClientCredentialType

JScript

public enum HttpClientCredentialType

Members

	Member name	Description
	None	Specifies anonymous authentication.
	Basic	Specifies Basic authentication. For more information, see RFC 2617 – HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Authentication.
	Digest	Specifies Digest authentication. For more information, see RFC 2617 – HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Authentication.
	Ntlm	Specifies client authentication using NTLM.
	Windows	Specifies client authentication using Windows.
	Certificate	Specifies client authentication using a certificate.

Remarks

This enumeration is used by ClientCredentialType to specify the type of client credential to be used for authentication.

Note that if SecurityMode is set to TransportWithMessageCredential, then the value of HttpClientCredentialType is ignored.

Examples

The following code shows how to set ClientCredentialType to a member of this enumeration.

Visual Basic

' The code uses a shortcut to specify the security mode to Transport.
Dim b As WSHttpBinding = new WSHttpBinding(SecurityMode.Transport)
b.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Windows

// The code uses a shortcut to specify the security mode to Transport.
WSHttpBinding b = new WSHttpBinding(SecurityMode.Transport);
b.Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = HttpClientCredentialType.Windows;

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5

Reference

System.ServiceModel Namespace