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<windowsStreamSecurity>

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Specifies the options for streaming security of the custom binding.

<system.serviceModel>

  <bindings>

    <customBinding>

      <binding>

        <windowsStreamSecurity>

                                    
                                    <windowsStreamSecurity protectionLevel="None/Sign/EncryptAndSign"/>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Description

protectionLevel

Defines message-level security. Signing messages mitigates the risk of a third party tampering with the message while it is being transferred. Encryption provides data-level privacy during transport. Valid values include the following:

  • None: No protection.

  • Sign: Messages are signed.

  • EncryptAndSign: Messages are signed and encrypted.

The default is EncryptAndSign.

This attribute is of type ProtectionLevel.

Child Elements

None

Parent Elements

Element Description

<binding>

Defines all binding capabilities of the custom binding.

See Also

Reference

WindowsStreamSecurityElement

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