ChannelFactory.Credentials Property
Gets the credentials used by clients to communicate a service endpoint over the channels produced by the factory.
Namespace: System.ServiceModel
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.ServiceModel.Description.ClientCredentialsThe ClientCredentials used by clients if they are configured for the factory or if the endpoint is non-null and is in either the created or opening communication state; otherwise null.
The ClientCredentials object is stored as a type of endpoint behavior and can be accessed through the Behaviors property.
The OnOpened method initializes a read-only copy of the ClientCredentials object for the factory.
The ClientCredentials object is used by the ClientBase<TChannel> class (or a class that derives from this class) to create the proxy objects that can call services. The ClientCredentials object is also accessible through the ClientCredentials property.
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Setting ChannelFactory.Credentials.Windows.AllowedImpersonationLevel to TokenImpersonationLevel.Anonymous always results in an anonymous logon regardless of impersonation level. |
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.
