<system.Net> Element (Network Settings)

Article
12/08/2006

Contains settings that specify how the .NET Framework connects to the network.

<system.net> 
</system.net>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element	Description
authenticationModules	Specifies modules used to authenticate Internet requests.
connectionManagement	Specifies the maximum number of connections to an Internet host.
defaultProxy	Configures the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy server.
mailSettings	Configures Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) mail sending options.
requestCaching	Controls the caching mechanism for network requests.
settings	Configures basic network options for System.Net.
<webRequestModules> Element (Network Settings)	Specifies modules to use to request information from Internet hosts.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	Contains settings for all namespaces.

Remarks

The system.net element contains settings for classes in the System.Net namespace. The settings configure authentication modules, connection management, the proxy server, and Internet request modules for receiving information from Internet hosts.

Example

The following code example shows a typical configuration used by System.Net classes.

<configuration>
  <system.net>
    <authenticationModules>
      <add type = "System.Net.DigestClient" />
      <add type = "System.Net.NegotiateClient" />
      <add type = "System.Net.KerberosClient" />
      <add type = "System.Net.NtlmClient" />
      <add type = "System.Net.BasicClient" />
    </authenticationModules>
    <connectionManagement>
      <add address = "*" maxconnection = "2" />
    </connectionManagement>
    <defaultProxy>
      <proxy
        usesystemdefault = "true"
        bypassonlocal = "true"
      />
    </defaultProxy>
    <webRequestModules>
      <add prefix = "http"
        type = "System.Net.HttpRequestCreator"
      />
      <add prefix = "https"
        type = "System.Net.HttpRequestCreator"
      />
      <add prefix = "file"
        type = "System.Net.FileWebRequestCreator"
      />
    </webRequestModules>
  </system.net>
</configuration>