<authenticationModules> Element (Network Settings)

Specifies modules used to authenticate network requests.

<configuration> Element
  <system.net> Element (Network Settings)
    <authenticationModules> Element (Network Settings)

<authenticationModules> 
</authenticationModules>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element

Description

<add>

Adds an authentication module to the application.

<clear>

Clears all authentication modules from the application.

<remove>

Removes an authentication module from the application.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

<system.net>

Contains settings that specify how the .NET Framework connects to the network.

Remarks

The <authenticationModule> element specifies the authentication modules that conduct the authentication process with a server. An authentication module must implement the IAuthenticationModule interface.

Configuration Files

This element can be used in the application configuration file or the machine configuration file (Machine.config).

Example

The following code example enables an authentication module. You should replace the values for Version and PublicKeyToken with the correct values for the specified module.

<configuration>
  <system.net>
    <authenticationModules>
      <add type="System.Net.DigestClient, System, Version=2.0.3600.0,
                 Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
    </authenticationModules>
  </system.net>
</configuration>

See Also

Reference

Network Settings Schema

IAuthenticationModule

AuthenticationManager