October 2010
Intermediate to advanced
1920 pages
73h 55m
English
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Configuring Authentication
Authentication refers to the process of identifying who you are. The ASP.NET Framework supports three types of authentication:
• Windows
• .NET Passport
• Forms
A particular application can have only one type of authentication enabled. You can’t, for example, enable both Windows and Forms authentication at the same time.
Windows authentication is enabled by default. When Windows authentication is enabled, users are identified by their Microsoft Windows account names. Roles correspond to Microsoft Windows groups. Windows authentication delegates the responsibility of identifying users to Internet Information Server. Internet Information Server can be configured to use Basic, Integrated Windows, or Digest authentication. ...