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Setting authentication credentials

Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of the sender of a communication, such as a request to log on to a Web site. If your Web site requires user authentication, you have to specify the Username and Password as defined in your security policy, and optionally a Domain.

For example:

<Identity Name="UK Customer" Username="johndoe" Password="xxxx" Domain="">
</Identity>

Where Identity specifies a logical Name and optionally a set of credentials (Username, Password and Domain) and one or more Httpheaders and Cookies elements:

  • Name — a logical name for the user profile
  • Username — a user logon name
  • Password — a user logon password
  • Domain — specify a realm and host (optional)