Authentication category

Authentication plug-ins are used in conjunction with one or more authorization plug-ins to control access to the content on the server. By adjusting the plug-in properties, you can specify how a client's authorization credentials are obtained by the server.

This section includes the following topics:

• WMS Anonymous User Authentication - general properties
• WMS Negotiate Authentication
• WMS Digest Authentication - general properties

Note

• The WMS Digest Authentication plug-in is available only if Windows Media Services 9 Series is running on the following editions of the operating system: Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition and Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition. If you are running Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, this feature is not supported.

Related topics

• About properties and plug-ins