<windowsStreamSecurity>

Specify Windows stream security settings of the custom binding.

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <customBinding>
        <binding>
          <windowsStreamSecurity>

Syntax

<windowsStreamSecurity protectionLevel="None/Sign/EncryptAndSign" />

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute

Description

protectionLevel

Defines message-level security. Signing messages mitigates the risk of a third party tampering with the message while it is being transferred. Encryption provides data-level privacy during transport. Valid values include the following: - None: No protection. - Sign: Messages are signed. - EncryptAndSign: Messages are signed and encrypted. The default is EncryptAndSign. This attribute is of type ProtectionLevel.

Child Elements

None

Parent Elements

Element	Description
<binding>	Defines all binding capabilities of the custom binding.

Remarks

Transports that use a stream-oriented protocol such as TCP and named pipes support stream-based transport upgrades. Specifically, WCF provides security upgrades. The configuration of this transport security is encapsulated by this configuration element as well as by <sslStreamSecurity>, which can be configured and added to a custom binding

See also

• CustomBinding
• WindowsStreamSecurityElement
• WindowsStreamSecurityBindingElement
• Bindings
• Extending Bindings
• Custom Bindings
• <customBinding>