Chapter 24. The System.Web.ConfigurationNamespace
The System.Web.Configuration namespace includes a few miscellaneous types used
in ASP.NET configuration with the web.config file; AuthenticationMode, FormsAuthPasswordFormat, and FormsProtectionEnum are all
involved in ASP.NET security services. It also provides a ClientTargetSectionHandler class,
which provides the basic functionality for processing tags in the
web.config file, and HttpCapabilitiesBase, which stores a
collection of client browser information used by the System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities class.
If you’ve explored the machine.config file, you have probably noticed that many other types referenced there don’t appear in the ASP.NET reference
(including configuration types like HttpCapabilitiesSectionHandler
and AuthenticationConfigHandler).
These private types aren’t available to the client programmer and are part of the
low-level ASP.NET infrastructure.
Figure 24-1 shows the
types in this namespace.

Figure 24-1. The System.Web.Configuration namespace
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