NetworkCredential Class
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Provides credentials for password-based authentication schemes such as basic, digest, NTLM, and Kerberos authentication.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
System.Net.NetworkCredential
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class NetworkCredential _
Implements ICredentials
public class NetworkCredential : ICredentials
The NetworkCredential type exposes the following members.
Constructors
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NetworkCredential() | Initializes a new instance of the NetworkCredential class. |
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NetworkCredential(String, String) | Initializes a new instance of the NetworkCredential class with the specified user name and password. |
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NetworkCredential(String, String, String) | Initializes a new instance of the NetworkCredential class with the specified user name, password, and domain. |
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Properties
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Domain | Gets or sets the domain or computer name that verifies the credentials. |
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Password | Gets or sets the password for the user name associated with the credentials. |
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UserName | Gets or sets the user name associated with the credentials. |
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Methods
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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetCredential | Returns an instance of the NetworkCredential class for the specified Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and authentication type. |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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Remarks
The NetworkCredential class is a base class that supplies credentials in password-based authentication schemes such as basic, digest, NTLM, and Kerberos. Classes that implement the ICredentials interface return NetworkCredential objects.
This class does not support public key-based authentication methods such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) client authentication.
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.