Forms authentication is a ticket-based (also called token-based) system. This means users who log in receive a ticket with basic user information. This information is stored in an encrypted cookie ...

I want to create a standard ASP.NET login page to be shared by several applications.<BR><BR>I've set up a login page that checks against hashed and salted passwords stored in a SQL table. When a user ...

Exchange Server 2003 offers a feature called "form-based authentication" that can make your Outlook Web Access more secure. When you enable this authentication method, OWA stores the user’s name and ...

On Tuesday, the Liberty Alliance Project, a global consortium for open federated identity and Web services standards, announced the formation of a global, cross-organizational expert group focused on ...

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We wouldn’t consider Windows authentication as a feasible strategy as you cannot expose your service over the Internet if you leverage Windows authentication. Forms authentication uses the ASP.Net ...