August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
11h 59m
English
Authorization is a process in which you determine whether an authenticated user is granted access to a certain page or resource. In ASP.NET there are two primary ways to authorize access to a given resource: file authorization and URL authorization. Let us discuss these two types scrupulously.
File authorization is carried out against the authenticated account provided by IIS. It is executed by the FileAuthorizationModule. It verifies the Access Control List (ACL)[16] or permissions on a resource to determine whether the authenticated user has privilege to access the protected resource. The FileAuthorizationModule provides authorization services against the file system ACLs. You can configure ...
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