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Get users NT Credentials in Winform App

I have a winform app that requires me to check whether a page exists on our Wiki or not. However, that query requires a users NetWork credentials to be passed.

I don't want to hardcode my credentials, and I don't want users to have to manipulate the App.config everytime someone else uses it (there's also the issue of them having to expose their password in the App.Config). Is there a way I can get the current user's NT credentials? I don't need to see it (that would be an obvious security issue), I just need it for the following line of code:

HttpWebRequest WikiPageRequest;
WikiPageRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user", "pass", "dom");
//maybe do something like this
WikiPageRequest.Credentials = GetNTCredentials();
Solution

  • Can you try using CredentialCache.DefaultCredential? That seems to get you the current logged in users credential.