Category Archives: ASP.NET

ASP.NET Web API Authentication using the Microsoft Account

The last days I’ve been researching some of the new security features in Windows 8. One of the biggest changes in Windows is definitely the fact that you can now login using your Microsoft Account. I will describe the details … Continue reading

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Claims-based Identity & Access Control Training in February

I just got email confirming the February run of the “identity course” in Oslo. great! There are seats left and you can book here. Cu!  

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ASP.NET Web API Security: The Web Host and Service

I will be using the same web hosted Web API service for the sample. The service is very simple: [Authorize] public class IdentityController : ApiController {     public ViewClaims Get()     {         return ViewClaims.GetAll();     } } …and the ViewClaims class simply returns … Continue reading

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Thinktecture IdentityServer v2 RTM

Title says it all – I am glad we could get this done before the end of the year!! Besides bug fixes since the last beta version, we added two features: identity server core nuget package and profile editor. I … Continue reading

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Thinktecture.IdentityModel Nuget Package hits 10K downloads

Thanks!

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Identity & Access Control in .NET, ASP.NET and WCF 4.5

I just hit my first big milestone in the security curriculum for Pluralsight. All three base identity & access control courses are done and online now. They cover what used to be called WIF and is now part of .NET … Continue reading

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Progress on Thinktecture IdentityServer v2 (hopefully the last update ;)

We’ve been extremely busy with our days jobs in the last weeks – end of year madness. That means we did not have much time to work on IdSrv – but – all the reported bugs seem to be fixed … Continue reading

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Switching to ReferenceMode in ASP.NET 4.5

As a follow up to this post – things have changed a little bit in .NET 4.5. SessionMode is now called ReferenceMode (which is less confusing), and mechanics are slightly different now. When creating session security tokens manually, you can … Continue reading

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Identity & Access Control in ASP.NET 4.5

My 2nd course for PluralSight is now online! Identity & Access Control in ASP.NET 4.5 Have fun!

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Thinktecture IdentityServer Wiki

I started adding content to the wiki on github. If you like to contribute, let me know! https://github.com/thinktecture/Thinktecture.IdentityServer.v2/wiki

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