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FormsAuthenticationCredentials Class

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Configures user credentials for ASP.NET applications that use Forms authentication.

Syntax

class FormsAuthenticationCredentials : EmbeddedObject

Methods

This class contains no methods.

Properties

The following table lists the properties exposed by the FormsAuthenticationCredentials class.

Name Description
PasswordFormat A read/write sint32 value that defines the encryption format for storing passwords. The possible values are listed later in the Remarks section.
Credentials An array of FormsAuthenticationUser values that specify user-name and password credentials.

Subclasses

This class contains no subclasses.

Remarks

Instances of this class are contained in the Credentials property of the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class.

The following table lists the possible values for the PasswordFormat property. The default is 1 (SHA1).

Value Keyword Description
0 Clear Specifies that passwords are not encrypted. This field is constant.
1 SHA1 Specifies that passwords are encrypted by using the SHA1 hash algorithm. This field is constant.
2 MD5 Specifies that passwords are encrypted by using the MD5 hash algorithm. This field is constant.

Inheritance Hierarchy

EmbeddedObject

FormsAuthenticationCredentials

Requirements

Type Description
Client - IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista
- IIS 7.5 on Windows 7
- IIS 8.0 on Windows 8
- IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server - IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008
- IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2
- IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012
- IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2
- IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product - IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
MOF file WebAdministration.mof

See Also

System.Web.Configuration.FormsAuthPasswordFormat ClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection Class
DigestAuthenticationSection Class
EmbeddedObject Class
FormsAuthenticationConfiguration Class
IisClientCertificateMappingAuthenticationSection Class
PassportAuthentication Class