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Fix defaultCredentialsHandleCacheSize docs #4383

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Fix defaultCredentialsHandleCacheSize docs
davidsh Jun 15, 2020
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Update xml/System.Net.Configuration/WindowsAuthenticationElement.xml
davidsh Jun 15, 2020
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Fix typo
davidsh Jun 15, 2020
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<remarks>
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By default, Windows allocates a separate SSPI handle for each <xref:System.Net.HttpWebRequest>. If this behavior impacts performance, you can use the `DefaultCredentialsHandleCacheSize` to use a single cached SSPI credential handle for default network credentials. You can do this by setting this property value to 0. This corresponds to the following configuration setting:
By default, the value of `defaultCredentialsHandleCacheSize` is 0. This causes Windows to allocate a separate SSPI handle for each <xref:System.Net.HttpWebRequest>.

```xml
<system.net>
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</system.net>
```

If this behavior impacts performance, you can use the `defaultCredentialsHandleCacheSize` to use a single cached SSPI credential handle for default network credentials. You can do this by setting this property to a value greater than 0. The exact value depends on application requirements. Generally, a value between 50 and 100 works for most high performant applications.

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