WindowsIdentity.AuthenticationType Property

Gets the type of authentication used to identify the user.

Namespace: System.Security.Principal
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
virtual property String^ AuthenticationType {
	String^ get () sealed;
}
/** @property */
public final String get_AuthenticationType ()

public final function get AuthenticationType () : String

Property Value

The type of authentication used to identify the user.

The authentication type is typically NTLM for WindowsIdentity objects.

The following code shows the use of the AuthenticationType property to get the type of authentication used to identify the user. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class.

String^ authenticationType = windowsIdentity->AuthenticationType;


String authenticationType = windowsIdentity.get_AuthenticationType();

Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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