SamlAuthenticationStatement.AuthenticationMethod Property

Definition

Namespace:: System.IdentityModel.Tokens

Assembly:: System.IdentityModel.dll

Gets or sets the method used to authenticate the subject.

public:
 property System::String ^ AuthenticationMethod { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };

public string AuthenticationMethod { get; set; }

member this.AuthenticationMethod : string with get, set

Public Property AuthenticationMethod As String

Property Value

String

The method used to authenticate the subject. The default value is urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:unspecified.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The AuthenticationMethod property is set and the IsReadOnly property is true.

Remarks

The set of authentication methods is extensible; however the following table contains the set of authentication methods defined in the SAML specification.

Authentication method	URI
Password	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:password
Kerberos	urn:ietf:rfc:1510
Secure Remote Password (SRP)	urn:ietf:rfc:2945
Hardware Token	URI:urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:HardwareToken
SSL/TLS Certificate Based Client Authentication	urn:ietf:rfc:2246
PGP Public Key	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:PGP
SPKI Public Key	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:SPKI
XKMS Public Key	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:XKMS
XML Digital Signature	urn:ietf:rfc:3075
Unspecified	urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:unspecified

When the AuthenticationMethod property is set to null, the authentication method is set to urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:am:unspecified.

The AuthenticationMethod property corresponds to the AuthenticationMethod attribute of the <AuthenticationStatement> element that is defined in the Assertions and Protocol for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) specification.