FormsAuthenticationConfiguration.Protection Property
Gets or sets the encryption type used to encrypt the cookie.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
[<ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("protection", DefaultValue = FormsProtectionEnum.All)>] member Protection : FormsProtectionEnum with get, set
Property Value
Type: System.Web.Configuration.FormsProtectionEnumOne of the FormsProtectionEnum enumeration values. The default value is All.
Note 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. Triple-DES (3DES) is used for encryption, if available and if the key is long enough (48 bytes or more).
To improve the protection of your cookie, you may also want to set the RequireSSL to true.
The following code example shows how to access the Protection property. Refer to the code example in the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class topic to learn how to get the section.
Available since 2.0
FormsAuthenticationConfiguration Class
System.Web.Configuration Namespace
authentication Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
forms Element for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
credentials Element for forms for authentication (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
machineKey Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
ASP.NET Authentication