SocketProtectionLevel enumeration

Specifies the protection level that represents the integrity and encryption for a StreamSocket object.


public enum class SocketProtectionLevel

The SocketProtectionLevel enumeration has these members.

Member	Value	Description
PlainSocket \| plainSocket	0	A plain socket with no encryption.
Ssl \| ssl	1	A socket that must use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for encryption. This value requires encryption and never allows a NULL cipher.
SslAllowNullEncryption \| sslAllowNullEncryption	2	A socket that prefers to use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for encryption. This value prefers that full encryption be used, but allows a NULL cipher (no encryption) based on the server configuration.

Minimum supported client	Windows 8
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012
Minimum supported phone	Windows Phone 8
Namespace	Windows.Networking.Sockets Windows::Networking::Sockets [C++]
Metadata	Windows.winmd
DLL	Windows.Networking.dll
Capabilities	ID_CAP_NETWORKING [Windows Phone]