Tag: Authorization

Editorials

Claims Based Identity

I’ve been working through the different frameworks Microsoft has used in Dot Net for Authentication and Authorization of users. I’ve worked my way forward into the Dot Net 4.5 consolidated implementation of Claims Based Identity. The move to using Claims for Identity was a strategy shift from managing a set of fixed scalar values to managing a set of claims […]

Editorials

Identity

Identity is a central focus of most applications. The topic involves authenticating that the user is who they claim to be, and authorizing access to appropriate aspects of your application. Both of these concepts are bundled in the topic of Identity. It’s been a problem for which there have been many different solutions over time. Remember the Microsoft Passport and […]