<issuer>

Specifies the Security Token Service (STS) that issues security tokens.

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <wsFederationHttpBinding>
        <binding>
          <security>
            <message>
              <issuer>

Syntax

<issuer address="Uri">
  <headers>
    <add name="String"
         namespace="String" />
  </headers>
  <identity>
    <certificate encodedValue="String" />
    <certificateReference findValue="String"
                          isChainIncluded="Boolean"
                          storeName="AddressBook/AuthRoot/CertificateAuthority/Disallowed/My/Root/TrustedPeople/TrustedPublisher"
                          storeLocation="LocalMachine/CurrentUser"
                          x509FindType="System.Security.Cryptography.X509certificates.X509findtype" />
    <dns value="String" />
    <rsa value="String" />
    <servicePrincipalName value="String" />
    <usePrincipalName value="String" />
  </identity>
</issuer>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements

Attributes

Attribute Description
address Required string. The URL of the STS.

Child Elements

Element Description
<headers> A collection of address headers for the endpoints that the builder can create.
<identity> When using an issued token, specifies settings that enable the client to authenticate the server.

Parent Elements

Element Description
<message> Defines the settings for the message-level security for the <wsFederationHttpBinding> element.

See also