<transport>

Article
07/03/2007

Defines authentication settings for the HTTP transport.

<system.serviceModel>

                                    
                                    <transport clientCredentialType = 
                                
                                    
                                           "Basic/Certificate/Digest/None/Ntlm/Windows"
                                
                                    
                                           proxyCredentialType="Basic/Digest/None/Ntlm/Windows"
                                
                                    
                                           realm="string" 
                                
                                    
                                           defaultClientCredentialType ="Basic/Certificate/Digest/None/Ntlm/Windows"
                                
                                    
                                           defaultProxyCredentialType =  "Basic/Digest/None/Ntlm/Windows"

HttpTransportSecurity

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
clientCredentialType	Specifies the credential used to authenticate the client to the service. This attribute is of type HttpClientCredentialType.
proxyClientType	Specifies the credential used to authenticate the client to a domain proxy. This attribute is of type HttpProxyCredentialType.
realm	A string that specifies the authentication realm for digest or basic authentication. The default is an empty string. An authentication realm specifies at least the name of the host that performs the authentication. It can also specify a collection of users that has access. A user can query the authentication realm to understand which one of the several possible usernames and passwords can be used.

clientCredentialType

Specifies the credential used to authenticate the client to the service. This attribute is of type HttpClientCredentialType.

proxyClientType

Specifies the credential used to authenticate the client to a domain proxy. This attribute is of type HttpProxyCredentialType.

realm

A string that specifies the authentication realm for digest or basic authentication. The default is an empty string.

An authentication realm specifies at least the name of the host that performs the authentication. It can also specify a collection of users that has access. A user can query the authentication realm to understand which one of the several possible usernames and passwords can be used.

clientCredentialType Attribute

Value	Description
None	Security is disabled.
Basic	Uses basic authentication.
Digest	Uses digest authentication.
Ntlm	Uses NTLM as a fallback with a Windows domain.
Windows	Uses integrated Windows authentication.
Certificate	Uses X.509 certificates to authenticate the client.

proxyCredentialType Attribute

Value	Description
None	Security is disabled.
Basic	Uses basic authentication.
Digest	Uses digest authentication.
Ntlm	Uses NTLM as a fallback with a Windows domain.
Windows	Uses integrated Windows authentication.
Certificate	Uses X.509 certificates to authenticate the client.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
<security> of <wsHttpBinding>	Represents the security capabilities of the <wsHttpBinding>.

Partager via

<transport>

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

clientCredentialType Attribute

proxyCredentialType Attribute

Child Elements

Parent Elements

See Also

Reference

Other Resources

Ressources supplémentaires