SpnEndpointIdentity Class
Represents a service principal name (SPN) for an identity when the binding uses Kerberos.
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
An SPN is the name by which a client uniquely identifies an instance of a service. If you install multiple instances of a service on computers throughout a forest, each instance must have its own SPN. A given service instance can have multiple SPNs if there are multiple names that clients might use for authentication.
When a client wants to connect to a service, it locates an instance of the service, composes an SPN for that instance, and sets the identity to a SpnEndpointIdentity. A check will be made that the message is intended for that service.
The three authentication modes used under Kerberos are:
SSPINegotiate
Kerberos
KerberosOverTransport.
The following code shows one common way to create an instance of this class.
static EndpointIdentity CreateIdentity() { WindowsIdentity self = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(); SecurityIdentifier sid = self.User; EndpointIdentity identity = null; if (sid.IsWellKnown(WellKnownSidType.LocalSystemSid) || sid.IsWellKnown(WellKnownSidType.NetworkServiceSid) || sid.IsWellKnown(WellKnownSidType.LocalServiceSid)) { identity = EndpointIdentity.CreateSpnIdentity( String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "host/{0}", GetMachineName())); } else { // Need an UPN string here string domain = GetPrimaryDomain(); if (domain != null) { string[] split = self.Name.Split('\\'); if (split.Length == 2) { identity = EndpointIdentity.CreateUpnIdentity(split[1] + "@" + domain); } } } return identity; }
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
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