<serviceCredentials>

Specifies the credential to be used in authenticating the service and the client credential validation-related settings.

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <behaviors>
      <serviceBehaviors>
        <behavior>
          <serviceCredentials>

Syntax

<serviceCredentials type="String">
  <clientCertificate>
  </clientCertificate>
  <issuedTokenAuthentication>
  </issuedTokenAuthentication>
  <peer>
  </peer>
  <secureConversationAuthentication>
  </secureConversationAuthentication>
  <serviceCertificate>
  </serviceCertificate>
  <userNameAuthentication>
  </userNameAuthentication>
  <windowsAuthentication>
  </windowsAuthentication>
</serviceCredentials>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute Description
type A string that specifies the type of this configuration element.

Child Elements

Element Description
<clientCertificate> Specifies the certificate to be used when the client certificate is available out-of-band. This element also specifies client certificate validation settings. This element is of type X509InitiatorCertificateServiceElement.
<issuedTokenAuthentication> Specifies the current issued token for this service. This element is of type IssuedTokenServiceElement.
<peer> Specifies the current credentials for a peer node. This element is of type PeerCredentialElement.
<secureConversationAuthentication> Specifies the current credentials for a secure conversation. This element is of type SecureConversationServiceElement.
<serviceCertificate> Specifies a certificate used by a service to identify itself. This element is of type X509RecipientCertificateServiceElement.
<userNameAuthentication> Specifies the settings for username password validation. This element is of type UserNameServiceElement.
<windowsAuthentication> Specifies the settings for Windows credential validation. This element is of type WindowsServiceElement.

Parent Elements

Element Description
<behavior> Specifies a behavior element.

See also