Integrated Windows authentication performs authentication without requiring any client interaction and the most convenient authentication standard for WAN-based and LAN-based intranet applications. When IIS asks the client to authenticate itself, the browser sends a token that represents the Windows user account of the current user. If the web server fails to authenticate the user with this …
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Digest authentication requires the user to provide account information using a login dialog box that is displayed by the browser (you can see this approach in the article: How does Basic Windows Authentication work in ASP.NET). Digest authentication passes a hash of the password, rather than the password passed by Basic authentication. Digest is another name …
Almost all web browsers support Basic authentication as authentication protocol. The next picture shows the case when a website requests client authentication using Basic authentication and the web browser displays a login dialog box:
A login dialog box for Basic authentication
After a user provides this information, the data is transmitted to the web server (in …
What are the pros and cons of Windows authentication in ASP.NET
Windows authentication is an attractive option for you, for the reasons that:
– It involves little programming work on the developer’s part – You don’t need to create a login page, check a database, or write any custom code, because Windows already supports basic user account features such as password expiry, account lockout, and group …
When you create a web application for a smaller set of known users who already have Windows user accounts you can use a solution named Windows authentication as authentication system. The solution matches web users to Windows user accounts that are defined on the local computer or another domain on the network.
Windows authentication isn’t …
How to create a Forms Authentication logout page in ASP.NET in VB.NET
You can create a Forms Authentication logout page by creating a logout button and calling the FormsAuthentication.SignOut() method, as shown here:
Protected Sub SignOutAction_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
FormsAuthentication.SignOut()
FormsAuthentication.RedirectToLoginPage()
End Sub
When you call the SignOut() method, you remove the authentication cookie. Depending on the application, you can redirect …
How to create a Forms Authentication logout page in ASP.NET in C#
You can create a Forms Authentication logout page by creating a logout button and calling the FormsAuthentication.SignOut() method, as shown here:
protected void SignOutAction_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
FormsAuthentication.RedirectToLoginPage();
}
When you call the SignOut() method, you remove the authentication cookie. Depending on the application, you can redirect the user to another page when the user logs …
How to create a Forms Authentication custom login page in ASP.NET in VB.NET
When you want to implement Forms Authentication in your web application you have to create a custom login page. This page collects user name and password from the user and validates them against the credentials stored in the credential store. You can store credentials in web.config as described in the article How to use web.config as …
How to create a Forms Authentication custom login page in ASP.NET in C#
When you want to implement Forms Authentication in your web application you have to create a custom login page. This page collects user name and password from the user and validates them against the credentials stored in the credential store. You can store credentials in web.config as described in the article How to use web.config as …
How to restrict access to Anonymous Users with Forms Authentication in ASP.NET
From practical point of view, you do not need to restrict access to pages in order to use authentication. In this article will be demonstrated the redirection functionality of forms authentication. This functionality forces ASP.NET to redirect anonymous users to the login page. You can use the simple technique of denying access to all unauthenticated users. …