Category Archives: IdentityModel

Thinktecture.IdentityModel and ASP.NET Web API

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Dominick Baier

As part of my work with the new Thinktecture.IdentityModel and JWT, I also updated the ASP.NET Web API integration. My first drop was based on this article. But had some limitation. The next version is easier to use and much … Continue reading →

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JSON Web Token (JWT) Support in Thinktecture.IdentityModel

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Dominick Baier

As noted in my last post, I added a simple implementation of JWT to Thinktecture.IdentityModel. It supports plaintext JWTs (unsigned) and symmetric signatures (HMACSHA 256, 384, 512). I haven’t implemented encryption or asymmetric signatures. For the latest specs see here. … Continue reading →

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Common WIF Exceptions explained

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Dominick Baier

Just came across this: http://consultingblogs.emc.com/simonevans/archive/2010/11/19/common-windows-identity-foundation-ws-federation-exceptions-explained.aspx Also like the “cert creation cheat sheet” at the end.  

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Progress on Thinktecture.IdentityModel.* for .NET 4.5

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Dominick Baier

I’ve been having a lot of “fun” (more on that in another post) porting all my identity code to .NET 4.5. As part of that I have re-structured the thinktecture identity model helper libraries. Since much of the old WIF … Continue reading →

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The WIF Meme

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dominick Baier

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3pb7sq/

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Thinktecture.IdentityModel for .NET 4.5

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Dominick Baier

As noted earlier, I started porting Thinktecture.IdentityModel to 4.5. The results will be maintained on Github: https://github.com/thinktecture/Thinktecture.IdentityModel.45 In the future, the Nuget packages will contain both the WIF and .NET 4.5 versions.

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Thinktecture.IdentityModel.Http and the ASP.NET Web API CodePlex bits

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Dominick Baier

I will keep the github repo in sync with the major releases of Web API (like Beta, RC, RTM). Because of the changes made to Web API after beta, my current bits don’t build against the CodePlex version anymore. Today … Continue reading →

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Identity in .NET 4.5–Part 4: Claims over Kerberos

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dominick Baier

Today I found this article about the new Kerberos features in Windows Server 8. It also mentions claims and how to enable them. Made me smile ;)

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Thinktecture IdentityServer and Contrib Project now on GitHub

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Dominick Baier

title says it all really. I even have a contribution from the community already – a user repository that authenticates against Active Directory. Thanks Marcel Scherpenisse. URLs are: https://github.com/thinktecture/Thinktecture.IdentityServerhttps://github.com/thinktecture/Thinktecture.IdentityServer.Contrib

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Identity in .NET 4.5–Part 3: (Breaking) changes

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Dominick Baier

I recently started porting a private build of Thinktecture.IdentityModel to .NET 4.5 and noticed a number of changes. The good news is that I can delete large parts of my library because many features are now in the box. Along … Continue reading →

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