The ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.CurrentConnectionProtection property indicates the current level of security that the System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider instance is configured to use. The ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.CurrentConnectionProtection property is based on the connnectionProtection attribute set with the add Element for providers for membership (ASP.NET Settings Schema) in the application configuration file.

The connectionProtection attribute can only be set to ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection.None or ActiveDirectoryConnectionProtection.SignAndSeal in the configuration file.

See the System.Web.Security.ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider class topic for more information about connection strings.