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<transport> of <ws2007HttpBinding>

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Defines authentication settings for the HTTP transport.

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <ws2007HttpBinding>
        <binding>
          <security>
            <transport>

Syntax

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

Type

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.
proxyCredentialType Specifies the credential used to authenticate the client to a domain proxy. This attribute is of type HttpProxyCredentialType.
realm 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 who have access. A user can query the authentication realm to determine 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 authentication 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> Represents the security capabilities of the <ws2007HttpBinding> element.

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