<peer> of <clientCredentials> Element
Specifies credentials used when authenticating peer-to-peer clients.
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
<behavior>
<clientCredentials>
<peer>
Syntax
<peer>
<certificate />
<peerAuthentication />
<messageSenderAuthentication />
</peer>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
Element | Description |
---|---|
<certificate> | Specifies an X.509 certificate to use for signing and encrypting messages for peer-to-peer clients. . |
<peerAuthentication> | Specifies authentication options for peer clients. |
<messageSenderAuthentication> | Specifies authentication options for message senders. |
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
---|---|
<clientCredentials> | Specifies the credentials used to authenticate a client to a service. |
Remarks
This configuration element specifies the credentials that a peer node uses to authenticate itself to other nodes in the mesh, as well as authentication settings that a peer node uses to authenticate other peer nodes. For more information, see Peer Channel Message Authentication and Securing Peer Channel Applications.