PasswordAuthenticationMechanism Enumeration

 

Specifies the authentication mechanism for passwords. Note that not all protocols and transports support the entire list of values here, and some protocols and transports may support other authentication mechanisms.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Options
Assembly:  Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure (in Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.dll)

Syntax

public enum PasswordAuthenticationMechanism

public enum class PasswordAuthenticationMechanism

type PasswordAuthenticationMechanism

Public Enumeration PasswordAuthenticationMechanism

Members

	Member name	Description
	Basic	Basic authentication. User name and password are required. Some transports do not support this type of authentication. This authentication type is not very secure.
	CredSsp	The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP), a delegated authentication mechanism. User name and password are optional.
	Default	Transport picks the default that is specific to it.
	Digest	Digest authentication. User name and password are required. Some servers and transports do not support this type of authentication.
	Kerberos	Kerberos authentication. User name and password are required.
	Negotiate	Simple and Protected GSSAPI Negotiation (SPNEGO) authentication.
	NtlmDomain	NTLM authentication. User name and password are required.

See Also

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Options Namespace

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