FormsAuthenticationCredentials Class

Configures user credentials for ASP.NET applications that use Forms authentication.

Syntax

class FormsAuthenticationCredentials : EmbeddedObject

This class contains no methods.

The following table lists the properties exposed by the FormsAuthenticationCredentials class.

Name	Description
`PasswordFormat`	A read/write `sint32` value that defines the encryption format for storing passwords. The possible values are listed later in the Remarks section.
`Credentials`	An array of FormsAuthenticationUser values that specify user-name and password credentials.

This class contains no subclasses.

Instances of this class are contained in the Credentials property of the FormsAuthenticationConfiguration class.

The following table lists the possible values for the PasswordFormat property. The default is 1 (SHA1).

Value	Keyword	Description
0	`Clear`	Specifies that passwords are not encrypted. This field is constant.
1	`SHA1`	Specifies that passwords are encrypted by using the SHA1 hash algorithm. This field is constant.
2	`MD5`	Specifies that passwords are encrypted by using the MD5 hash algorithm. This field is constant.

FormsAuthenticationCredentials

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof