Category Archives: IdentityModel

Update on Thinktecture.IdentityModel and Web API Support

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Dominick Baier

I have cleaned up the github repositories, it became too confusing with all the different versions. The new layout is this: Thinktecture.IdentityModel.45 (github)No changes here, this includes the newest work and full featured Web API support for .NET 4.5. Thinktecture.IdentityModel.40 … Continue reading →

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My Sessions from NDC 2012

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dominick Baier

All videos from NDC are online now. This is great content, go check it out! Authentication & Authorization in .NET 4.5 – Claims & Tokens become the standard Model Securing ASP.NET Web APIs Windows Azure Access Control – Outsourcing Security … Continue reading →

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Thinktecture.IdentityModel.45 and ASP.NET Web API Self-Hosting

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Dominick Baier

One nice “side-effect” of implementing all authentication methods at the Web API layer (MessageHandler) is, that you get hosting independence. The exactly same configuration for the authentication handler also works in the Web API self-host. I added the self-host sample … Continue reading →

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Updated NuGet Packages for IdentityModel.Http and 4.5

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Dominick Baier

Thinktecture.IdentityModel.Http (.NET 4.0/MVC 4 RC) and Thinktecture.IdentityModel.45 (.NET 4.5 RC) now have updated Nuget packages. See here.

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Thinktecture.IdentityModel.Http (.NET 4.0) updated to MVC 4 RC

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Dominick Baier

Phew..It is getting confusing with all those RCs and versions ;) Anyhow – here you can find the port to MVC 4 RC (from Beta).

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Web API Sample for Thinktecture.IdentityModel (.NET 4.5)

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Dominick Baier

I added a Web API sample to the github repository. It’s the code I showed at NDC and in my previous posts. Have fun.

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.NET Rocks on Identity in 4.5 & Windows 8

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Dominick Baier

It is that time of the year again – I recently chatted with Carl and Richard on the new identity features coming in .NET 4.5, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=772

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Thinktecture.IdentityServer for .NET 4.5

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Dominick Baier

I have uploaded the first bits of the 4.5 version of IdentityServer to github. I didn’t have time to test this extensively, but since some people have asked me about it, I just uploaded the current snapshot. Feedback is always … Continue reading →

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Thinktecture.IdentityModel and ASP.NET Web API: The MessageHandler

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Dominick Baier

Over the last posts I showed how you can associate HTTP request fields with authentication logic. The last missing piece is the MessageHandler for Web API (see here for more info on message handlers). A very simple implementation would look … Continue reading →

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The simplest SecurityToken / Handler you can write

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Dominick Baier

Integrating a credential into the whole WIF / .NET 4.5 token and claims ecosystem is “easy” – in the sense of you only have to write a SecurityToken and SecurityTokenHandler implementation. While this is not really hard, it is not … Continue reading →

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