AuthenticationSchemes Enum

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assembly:

System.Net.Primitives.dll

Specifies protocols for authentication.

This enumeration supports a bitwise combination of its member values.

public enum class AuthenticationSchemes

[System.Flags]
public enum AuthenticationSchemes

[<System.Flags>]
type AuthenticationSchemes = 

Public Enum AuthenticationSchemes

Inheritance

Object

ValueType

Enum

AuthenticationSchemes

Attributes

FlagsAttribute

Fields

Name	Value	Description
None	0	No authentication is allowed. A client requesting an HttpListener object with this flag set will always receive a 403 Forbidden status. Use this flag when a resource should never be served to a client.
Digest	1	Specifies digest authentication.
Negotiate	2	Negotiates with the client to determine the authentication scheme. If both client and server support Kerberos, it is used; otherwise, NTLM is used.
Ntlm	4	Specifies NTLM authentication.
IntegratedWindowsAuthentication	6	Specifies Windows authentication.
Basic	8	Specifies basic authentication.
Anonymous	32768	Specifies anonymous authentication.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates using the Negotiate enumeration value to specify that clients are authenticated using the Negotiate security protocol.

Console.WriteLine("Listening for {0} prefixes...", listener.Prefixes.Count);
HttpListenerContext context = listener.GetContext();
HttpListenerRequest request = context.Request;
Console.WriteLine("Received a request.");
// This server requires a valid client certificate
// for requests that are not sent from the local computer.

// Did the client omit the certificate or send an invalid certificate?
if (request.IsAuthenticated &&
    request.GetClientCertificate() == null ||
    request.ClientCertificateError != 0)
{
    // Send a 403 response.
    HttpListenerResponse badCertificateResponse = context.Response ;
    SendBadCertificateResponse(badCertificateResponse);
    Console.WriteLine("Client has invalid certificate.");
    continue;
}

Console.WriteLine("Listening for {0} prefixes...", listener.Prefixes.Count)
Dim context As HttpListenerContext = listener.GetContext()
Dim request As HttpListenerRequest = context.Request
Console.WriteLine("Received a request.")
' This server requires a valid client certificate
' for requests that are not sent from the local computer.

' Did the client omit the certificate or send an invalid certificate?
If request.IsAuthenticated AndAlso request.GetClientCertificate() Is Nothing OrElse request.ClientCertificateError <> 0 Then
    ' Send a 403 response.
    Dim badCertificateResponse As HttpListenerResponse = context.Response
    SendBadCertificateResponse(badCertificateResponse)
    Console.WriteLine("Client has invalid certificate.")
    Continue Do
End If

Remarks

This enumeration is used to specify the method used to authenticate client requests being processed by HttpListener objects.

Important

Basic authentication requires the exchange of a password and should therefore be avoided except in the case of secure, encrypted connections.

For additional information on basic and digest authentication, see RFC2617 - HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Authentication. This document is available at https://www.rfc-editor.org.