AnonymousIdentificationSection.CookieProtection Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Web.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the encryption type used to encrypt the cookie.

public:
 property System::Web::Security::CookieProtection CookieProtection { System::Web::Security::CookieProtection get(); void set(System::Web::Security::CookieProtection value); };

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("cookieProtection", DefaultValue=System.Web.Security.CookieProtection.Validation)]
public System.Web.Security.CookieProtection CookieProtection { get; set; }

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("cookieProtection", DefaultValue=System.Web.Security.CookieProtection.Validation)>]
member this.CookieProtection : System.Web.Security.CookieProtection with get, set

Public Property CookieProtection As CookieProtection

Property Value

CookieProtection

One of the CookieProtection values. The default value is All.

Attributes

ConfigurationPropertyAttribute

Examples

The following code example shows how to access the CookieProtection property.

// Get CookieProtection.
System.Web.Security.CookieProtection cookieProtection =
    anonymousIdentificationSection.CookieProtection;
Console.WriteLine("Cookie protection: {0}",
           cookieProtection);

' Get CookieProtection.
Dim cookieProtection _
As System.Web.Security.CookieProtection = _
anonymousIdentificationSection.CookieProtection
Console.WriteLine( _
"Cookie protection: {0}", cookieProtection)

Remarks

To improve the protection of your cookie, you may want also set the CookieRequireSSL property to true.

Be sure to use the default value for this property if you want both data validation and encryption to help protect the cookie. This option uses the configured data-validation algorithm. Triple-DES (3DES) is used for encryption, if available and if the key is long enough (48 bytes or more).