<clientCredentials>

Specifies the credentials used to authenticate the client to a service.

<system.serviceModel>

  <behaviors>

    <endpointBehaviors>

      <behavior> of <endpointBehaviors>

        <clientCredentials>

                                    
                                    <clientCredentials type="String"
                                
                                    
                                           
                                    
                                       supportInteractive="Boolean" >
                                
                                    
                                       <clientCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                       </clientCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                           
                                    
                                       <digest>
                                
                                    
                                           
                                    
                                       </digest>
                                
                                    
                                       <isuedToken>
                                
                                    
                                         
                                    
                                       </isuedToken>
                                
                                    
                                       <peer>
                                
                                    
                                       </peer>
                                
                                    
                                       <serviceCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                       </serviceCertificate>
                                
                                    
                                       <windowsAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                       </windowsAuthentication>
                                
                                    
                                    </clientCredentials>
                                

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
supportInteractive	A Boolean value that specifies whether an interactive user can be involved in selecting a client credential at runtime. The default value is true.
type	A string that specifies the type of this configuration element.

Child Elements

Element	Description
<clientCertificate> of <clientCredentials> Element	Specifies the certificate used to authenticate the client to the service. This element is of type X509InitiatorCertificateClientElement.
<httpDigest> Element	Specifies a digest used to authenticate the client to the service. This element is of type HttpDigestClientElement.
<issuedToken>	Specifies a custom token type used to authenticate the client to a Secure Token Service (STS). This element is of type IssuedTokenClientElement.
<peer> of <clientCredentials> Element	Specifies a current peer credential. This element is of type PeerCredentialElement.
<serviceCertificate> of <clientCredentials> Element	Specifies the certificate used to authenticate the service to the client and provides a structure for setting certificate options. This certificate must be supplied out-of-band from the service to the client. This element is of type X509RecipientCertificateClientElement.
<windows> of <clientCredentials> Element	Specifies a Windows credential. The default is the credential of the current thread. This element is of type WindowsClientElement.

Parent Elements

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Element	Description
<behavior> of <endpointBehaviors>	Specifies an endpoint behavior.

See Also

Reference

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