AnonymousIdentificationSection.CookieProtection Property

Gets or sets the encryption type used to encrypt the cookie.

Namespace: System.Web.Configuration
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

'Declaration
Public Property CookieProtection As CookieProtection
'Usage
Dim instance As AnonymousIdentificationSection
Dim value As CookieProtection

value = instance.CookieProtection

instance.CookieProtection = value
/** @property */
public CookieProtection get_CookieProtection ()

/** @property */
public void set_CookieProtection (CookieProtection value)

public function get CookieProtection () : CookieProtection

public function set CookieProtection (value : CookieProtection)

Not applicable.

Property Value

One of the CookieProtection values. The default value is All.

To improve the protection of your cookie, you may want also set the CookieRequireSSL property to true.

Be sure to use the default value for this property if you want both data validation and encryption to help protect the cookie. This option uses the configured data-validation algorithm, based on the <machineKey> element. Triple-DES (3DES) is used for encryption, if available and if the key is long enough (48 bytes or more).

The following code example shows how to access the CookieProtection property.

' Get CookieProtection.
Dim cookieProtection _
As System.Web.Security.CookieProtection = _
anonymousIdentificationSection.CookieProtection
Console.WriteLine( _
"Cookie protection: {0}", cookieProtection)

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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