HttpTransportSecurityElement.Realm Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.ServiceModel.Configuration

Assembly:

System.ServiceModel.dll

Gets or sets the authentication realm for digest or basic authentication.

public:
 property System::String ^ Realm { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

[System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("realm", DefaultValue="")]
[System.Configuration.StringValidator(MinLength=0)]
public string Realm { get; set; }

[<System.Configuration.ConfigurationProperty("realm", DefaultValue="")>]
[<System.Configuration.StringValidator(MinLength=0)>]
member this.Realm : string with get, set

Public Property Realm As String

Property Value

String

The authentication realm. The default value is "".

Attributes

ConfigurationPropertyAttribute StringValidatorAttribute

Remarks

An authentication realm is a string that contains at least the name of the host performing 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.