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SslProtocols Enumeration

Defines the possible versions of SslProtocols.

This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.

Namespace:  System.Security.Authentication
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

'Declaration
<FlagsAttribute> _
Public Enumeration SslProtocols
'Usage
Dim instance As SslProtocols

Member nameDescription
NoneNo SSL protocol is specified.
Ssl2Specifies the SSL 2.0 protocol. SSL 2.0 has been superseded by the TLS protocol and is provided for backward compatibility only.
Ssl3Specifies the SSL 3.0 protocol. SSL 3.0 has been superseded by the TLS protocol and is provided for backward compatibility only.
TlsSpecifies the TLS 1.0 security protocol. The TLS protocol is defined in IETF RFC 2246.
DefaultSpecifies that either Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 3.0 or Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 are acceptable for secure communications

The following code example demonstrates creating a TcpClient that uses the SslStream class to communicate with a server.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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