ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.CurrentConnectionProtection Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.Security

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets the current level of security being used to protect communications with the server.

public:
 property System::Web::Security::ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection CurrentConnectionProtection { System::Web::Security::ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection get(); };

public System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection CurrentConnectionProtection { get; }

member this.CurrentConnectionProtection : System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection

Public ReadOnly Property CurrentConnectionProtection As ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection

Property Value

ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection

One of the ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection values.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

An attempt to access the CurrentConnectionProtection property was made before the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider instance was initialized.

Examples

The following code example shows a Web.config entry that configures an ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider instance to use the SSL security protocol to connect to an Active Directory server.

<configuration>  
  <connectionStrings>  
    <add name="ADService" connectionString="LDAP://ldapServer/" />  
  </connectionStrings>  
  <system.web>  
    <membership defaultProvider="AspNetActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider">  
      <providers>  
        <add name="AspNetActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider"   
          type="System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider,   
          System.Web, Version=2.0.3600, Culture=neutral,  
          PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"  
          connectionProtection="SignAndSeal" />  
      </providers>  
    </membership>  
  </system.web>  
</configuration>

Remarks

The CurrentConnectionProtection property indicates the current level of security that the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider instance is configured to use. The CurrentConnectionProtection property is based on the connnectionProtection attribute set with the add Element for providers for membership (ASP.NET Settings Schema) in the application configuration file.

The connectionProtection attribute can only be set to None or SignAndSeal in the configuration file.

See the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider class topic for more information about connection strings.

Applies to