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IProcessSecurityContext.SecurePassword Property

Gets or sets the password (as a SecureString object) for the Microsoft Windows security account specified in the Login property.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Rmo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property SecurePassword As SecureString
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As IProcessSecurityContext
Dim value As SecureString

value = instance.SecurePassword

instance.SecurePassword = value

SecureString SecurePassword { get; set; }

property SecureString^ SecurePassword {
    SecureString^ get ();
    void set (SecureString^ value);
}

abstract SecurePassword : SecureString with get, set

function get SecurePassword () : SecureString
function set SecurePassword (value : SecureString)

Property Value

Type: System.Security.SecureString
A SecureString object that is an empty string.

Remarks

SecurePassword is only used when setting passwords. The actual password is never returned.

You should use SecurePassword instead of Password to provide better security for the password while it exists in memory.