ProtocolElement Class

Specifies a transmission protocol that ASP.NET can use to decrypt data sent in the HTTP request from a client browser.

Syntax

class ProtocolElement : CollectionElement

This class contains no methods.

The following table lists the properties exposed by the ProtocolElement class.

Name	Description
`AppDomainHandlerType`	A read/write `string` value that contains the common language runtime (CLR) type of the application domain protocol handler for the protocol specified in the `Name` property.
`Name`	A unique nonempty read-only `string` value that specifies the name of a transmission protocol that ASP.NET can use to decrypt data sent in the HTTP request from a client browser. The key property.
`ProcessHandlerType`	A read/write `string` value that specifies the CLR type of the process protocol handler for the protocol specified in the `Name` property. If you do not specify this property, the protocol does not require a process protocol handler.
`Validate`	A read/write `boolean` value. `true` if the types specified in the `AppDomainHandlerType` and `ProcessHandlerType` properties should be validated when the section is parsed; otherwise, `false`. The default is `false`.

This class contains no subclasses.

Instances of this class are contained in the Protocols property of the ProtocolsSection class.

ProtocolElement

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof