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FormsAuthenticationConfiguration.RequireSSL Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets a value indicating whether a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection is required when transmitting authentication information.

Namespace: System.Web.Configuration
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

C++

[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("requireSSL", DefaultValue = false)]
public bool RequireSSL { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if an SSL connection is required; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Remarks

If RequireSSL is true, a Web application rejects all the forms authentication requests that do not use an SSL connection.

Examples

The following code example shows how to access the RequireSSL property Refer to the code example in the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class topic to learn how to get the section.

            // Create a new FormsAuthentication object.
            FormsAuthenticationConfiguration newformsAuthentication =
            new FormsAuthenticationConfiguration();

Version Information

.NET Framework

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

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

FormsAuthenticationConfiguration Class

System.Web.Configuration Namespace

Protection

Other Resources

authentication Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

forms Element for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

credentials Element for forms for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

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