Authorization.ProtectionRealm Property

Definition

Gets or sets the prefix for Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) that can be authenticated with the Message property.

public:
 property cli::array <System::String ^> ^ ProtectionRealm { cli::array <System::String ^> ^ get(); void set(cli::array <System::String ^> ^ value); };
public string[]? ProtectionRealm { get; set; }
public string[] ProtectionRealm { get; set; }
member this.ProtectionRealm : string[] with get, set
Public Property ProtectionRealm As String()

Property Value

String[]

An array of strings that contains URI prefixes.

Examples

The following code example gets or sets the prefix for URIs that can be authenticated with the Message property.

virtual Authorization^ Authenticate( String^ challenge, WebRequest^ request, ICredentials^ credentials )
{
   try
   {
      String^ message;

      // Check if Challenge String* was raised by a site which requires 'CloneBasic' authentication.
      if ( (challenge == nullptr) || ( !challenge->StartsWith( "CloneBasic" )) )
               return nullptr;
      NetworkCredential^ myCredentials;
      if ( dynamic_cast<CredentialCache^>(credentials) == nullptr )
      {
         myCredentials = credentials->GetCredential( request->RequestUri, "CloneBasic" );
         if ( myCredentials == nullptr )
                     return nullptr;
      }
      else
               myCredentials = dynamic_cast<NetworkCredential^>(credentials);

      // Message encryption scheme :
      //   a)Concatenate username and password seperated by space;
      //   b)Apply ASCII encoding to obtain a stream of bytes;
      //   c)Apply Base64 Encoding to this array of bytes to obtain our encoded authorization message.
      message = String::Concat( myCredentials->UserName, " ", myCredentials->Password );

      // Apply AsciiEncoding to 'message' String* to obtain it as an array of bytes.
      Encoding^ ascii = Encoding::ASCII;
      array<Byte>^byteArray = gcnew array<Byte>(ascii->GetByteCount( message ));
      byteArray = ascii->GetBytes( message );

      // Performing Base64 transformation.
      message = Convert::ToBase64String( byteArray );
      Authorization^ myAuthorization = gcnew Authorization( String::Concat( "CloneBasic ", message, true ) );
      array<String^>^protectionRealm = gcnew array<String^>(1);
      protectionRealm[ 0 ] = request->RequestUri->AbsolutePath;
      myAuthorization->ProtectionRealm = protectionRealm;
      return myAuthorization;
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "The following exception was raised in Authenticate method: {0}", e->Message );
      return nullptr;
   }
}
public Authorization Authenticate( string challenge,WebRequest request,ICredentials credentials)
{
    try
    {
        string message;
        // Check if Challenge string was raised by a site which requires 'CloneBasic' authentication.
        if ((challenge == null) || (!challenge.StartsWith("CloneBasic")))
            return null;
        NetworkCredential myCredentials;
        if (credentials is CredentialCache)
        {
            myCredentials = credentials.GetCredential(request.RequestUri,"CloneBasic");
            if (myCredentials == null)
                return null;
        }
        else
        {
            myCredentials = (NetworkCredential)credentials;
        }
        // Message encryption scheme :
        //   a)Concatenate username and password seperated by space;
        //   b)Apply ASCII encoding to obtain a stream of bytes;
        //   c)Apply Base64 Encoding to this array of bytes to obtain our encoded authorization message.

        message = myCredentials.UserName + " " + myCredentials.Password;
        // Apply AsciiEncoding to 'message' string to obtain it as an array of bytes.
        Encoding ascii = Encoding.ASCII;
        byte[] byteArray = new byte[ascii.GetByteCount(message)];
        byteArray = ascii.GetBytes(message);

        // Performing Base64 transformation.
        message = Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray);
        Authorization myAuthorization = new Authorization("CloneBasic " + message,true);
        string[] protectionRealm = new string[]{request.RequestUri.AbsolutePath};
        myAuthorization.ProtectionRealm = protectionRealm;

        return myAuthorization;
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised in Authenticate method:{0}",e.Message);
        return null;
    }
  }
Function Authenticate(ByVal challenge As String, ByVal request As WebRequest, ByVal credentials As ICredentials) As Authorization Implements IAuthenticationModule.Authenticate
    Try
        Dim message As String
        ' Check if Challenge string was raised by a site which requires 'CloneBasic' authentication.
        If challenge Is Nothing Or Not challenge.StartsWith("CloneBasic") Then
            Return Nothing
        End If
        Dim myCredentials As NetworkCredential
        If TypeOf credentials Is CredentialCache Then
            myCredentials = credentials.GetCredential(request.RequestUri, "CloneBasic")
            If myCredentials Is Nothing Then
                Return Nothing
            End If
        Else
            myCredentials = CType(credentials, NetworkCredential)
        End If
        ' Message encryption scheme : 
        ' a)Concatenate username and password seperated by space
        ' b)Apply ASCII encoding to obtain a stream of bytes
        ' c)Apply Base64 Encoding to this array of bytes to obtain our encoded authorization message
        message = myCredentials.UserName + " " + myCredentials.Password
        ' Apply AsciiEncoding to 'message' string to obtain it as an array of bytes.
        Dim ascii As Encoding = Encoding.ASCII
        Dim byteArray(ascii.GetByteCount(message)) As Byte
        byteArray = ascii.GetBytes(message)

        ' Performing Base64 transformation.
        message = Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray)
        Dim myAuthorization As New Authorization("CloneBasic " + message, True)
        Dim protectionRealm() As String = {request.RequestUri.AbsolutePath}
        myAuthorization.ProtectionRealm = protectionRealm

        Return myAuthorization
    Catch e As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("The following exception was raised in Authenticate method:{0}", e.Message)
        Return Nothing
    End Try
End Function 'Authenticate

Remarks

The ProtectionRealm property contains a list of URI prefixes that the Message property can be used to authenticate. WebRequest and its descendants compare a URI to this list to determine if the Authorization is valid for a particular URI.

Applies to