when using "default proxy" where does the username/password come from?

Question

The "WebClient" class (and ClickOnce also) can use default proxy settings (e.g. put in application.config), however:

1. Where does the username / password come from? (I can't see a setting in the XML config - see below).
2. Can the application be configured to manual prompt the user for the username/password

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kd3cf2ex.aspx

<defaultProxy
enabled="true|false"
useDefaultCredentials="true|false"
<bypasslist> … </bypasslist>
<proxy> … </proxy>
<module> … </module>
/>

PS. I've just been testing with the following below setup and confirmed that the Username/Password does not come from a successful logged on IE session.

Outstanding question is therefore where would the username/password come from? Or does it have to be programmatically supplied within the custom application, in which case what happens with ClickOnce then? (which doesn't seem to launch any dialog to allow a user to supply the username/password)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
    <system.net>
      <defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="false">
        <bypasslist>
          <add address="localhost" />
        </bypasslist>
        <proxy usesystemdefault="True" proxyaddress="http://proxy1.health.qld.gov.au:80/" bypassonlocal="False" />
      </defaultProxy>
    </system.net>
</configuration>



private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;
    try
    {
        var wc = new WebClient();
        var str = wc.DownloadString(textBox1.Text);
        MessageBox.Show("String = " + str);
    } 
    finally
    {
        Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default;

    }
}

Answer 1

The credentials come from your network settings. You can easily set them manually in code, simply use the WebProxy class.

WebProxy proxy = new WebProxy("http://yourproxyserveraddress");
NetworkCredential cred = new NetworkCredential("user","password","domain");
proxy.Credentials = cred;
HttpWebRequest.DefaultWebProxy = proxy;

Answer 2

If you don't add any NetworkCredential, the credentials come from the Identity that is setup in your Application Pool.

Open IIS Manager --> Application Pools

Case 1:

If your Web app is under an App pool whose Identity is Built-in account i.e. ApplicationPoolIdentity:

--> This will use IIS APPPOOL\MEILIAPPPOOL account.

Case 2:

You can setup the App pool with some service account, like this:

--> This will use DOMAIN\SERVICEACCOUNTUSERNAME account.