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PasswordAuthenticationMechanism Enumeration

 

Specifies the authentication mechanism for passwords. Note that not all protocols and transports support the entire list of values here, and some protocols and transports may support other authentication mechanisms.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Options
Assembly:  Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure (in Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.dll)

Syntax

public enum PasswordAuthenticationMechanism
public enum class PasswordAuthenticationMechanism
type PasswordAuthenticationMechanism
Public Enumeration PasswordAuthenticationMechanism

Members

Member name Description
Basic

Basic authentication. User name and password are required. Some transports do not support this type of authentication. This authentication type is not very secure.

CredSsp

The Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP), a delegated authentication mechanism. User name and password are optional.

Default

Transport picks the default that is specific to it.

Digest

Digest authentication. User name and password are required. Some servers and transports do not support this type of authentication.

Kerberos

Kerberos authentication. User name and password are required.

Negotiate

Simple and Protected GSSAPI Negotiation (SPNEGO) authentication.

NtlmDomain

NTLM authentication. User name and password are required.

See Also

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Options Namespace

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