Network Settings Schema

Network settings specify how the .NET Framework connects to the Internet. The following table describes the function of each network configuration element.

Element	Description
<authenticationModules> Element (Network Settings)	Specifies the modules used to authenticate Internet requests.
<connectionManagement> Element (Network Settings)	Specifies the maximum number of connections to Internet hosts.
<defaultProxy> Element (Network Settings)	Specifies the proxy server used for HTTP requests to the Internet.
<system.Net> Element (Network Settings)	Contains settings for Internet applications.
<webRequestModules> Element (Network Settings)	Specifies the modules used to request information from Internet hosts.

Uri settings specify how the .NET Framework handles web addresses expressed using uniform resource identifiers (URIs). The following table describes the function of each uri configuration element.

Element	Description
<idn> Element (Uri Settings)	Specifies if Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) parsing is applied to domain names.
<iriParsing> Element (Uri Settings)	Specifies if International Resource Identifier (IRI) parsing is applied to a Uri and whether IRI parsing rules should be applied.

See Also

Concepts

Configuring Internet Applications

Other Resources

Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework