HttpWebRequest and SSL

G

Guest

When using HttpWebRequest with an 'https' address, does it automatically
encrypt the data being sent or are there additional steps that need to be
taken?
 
J

JS

Glenn said:
When using HttpWebRequest with an 'https' address, does it automatically
encrypt the data being sent or are there additional steps that need to be
taken?
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Yes, it does still encrypt the data being sent via the SSL pipe and you
need to associate a NetworkCredential to your
HttpWebRequest.Credentials property that has a valid UserName and
Password defined.
 
J

Joerg Jooss

Thus wrote js,
Yes, it does still encrypt the data being sent via the SSL pipe and
you need to associate a NetworkCredential to your
HttpWebRequest.Credentials property that has a valid UserName and
Password defined.
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The latter is only necessary for HTTP Authentication.

Cheers,
 
J

JS

Joerg said:
Thus wrote js,


The latter is only necessary for HTTP Authentication.

Cheers,
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Yup...no arguments there. Jumped to the conclusion that he would
require authentication.

My bad.

J.
 

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