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MachineKeySection.Validation Property

.NET Framework 3.5

Other Versions

Specifies the type of hashing algorithm that is used for validating data.

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

Syntax

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[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(MachineKeyValidationConverter))]
[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("validation", DefaultValue = MachineKeyValidation.SHA1)]
public MachineKeyValidation Validation { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Web.Configuration.MachineKeyValidation
A value that indicates the type of encryption used to validate data.

Remarks

There are three encryption types that can be specified for the Validation property:

The SHA1 type, which is the default value, specifies that ASP.NET uses SHA1 encryption.
The MD5 type specifies that ASP.NET uses MD5 encryption.
3DES specifies that ASP.NET uses TripleDES (3DES) encryption.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Validation property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the MachineKeySection class.

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// Display Validation property.
Console.WriteLine("Validation: {0}",
  configSection.Validation);

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

Reference

MachineKeySection Class

MachineKeySection Members

System.Web.Configuration Namespace

MachineKeySection

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