Form Authentication Security

Form Authentication is a token-based system. When users log in, they receive a token with user information that is stored in an encrypted cookie. When a user requests an ASP.NET page via the browser, the ASP.NET verifies whether the form authentication token is available. If it is, then runtime redirects the user to a login […]

Windows Authentication

The .NET framework caters to different types of authentication mechanisms to use within your applications – —including basic authentication, digest authentication, forms authentication, Passport, and Integrated Windows authentication. You also can develop your own custom authentication mechanisms; for instance, Windows authentication that matches web users to Windows user accounts that are defined on the local […]

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