<system.Net> Element (Network Settings)

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09/15/2021

Contains settings that specify how the .NET Framework connects to the network.

Syntax

<system.net>
</system.net>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
authenticationModules	Specifies modules used to authenticate Internet requests.
connectionManagement	Specifies the maximum number of connections to an Internet host.
defaultProxy	Configures the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy server.
mailSettings	Configures Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) mail sending options.
requestCaching	Controls the caching mechanism for network requests.
settings	Configures basic network options for classes in the System.Net and related child namespaces.
webRequestModules	Specifies modules to use to request information from Internet hosts.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Contains settings for all namespaces.

Remarks

The <system.net> element contains settings for classes in the System.Net and related child namespaces. The settings configure authentication modules, connection management, mail settings, the proxy server, and Internet request modules for receiving information from Internet hosts.

Example

The following example shows a typical configuration used by System.Net classes.

<configuration>  
  <system.net>  
    <authenticationModules>  
      <add type="System.Net.DigestClient" />  
      <add type="System.Net.NegotiateClient" />  
      <add type="System.Net.KerberosClient" />  
      <add type="System.Net.NtlmClient" />  
      <add type="System.Net.BasicClient" />  
    </authenticationModules>  
    <connectionManagement>  
      <add address="*" maxconnection="2" />  
    </connectionManagement>  
    <defaultProxy>  
      <proxy  
        usesystemdefault="true"  
        bypassonlocal="true"  
      />  
    </defaultProxy>  
    <webRequestModules>  
      <add prefix="http"  
           type="System.Net.HttpRequestCreator"  
      />  
      <add prefix="https"  
           type="System.Net.HttpRequestCreator"  
      />  
      <add prefix="file"  
           type="System.Net.FileWebRequestCreator"  
      />  
    </webRequestModules>  
  </system.net>  
</configuration>

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