Category Archives: IdentityServer

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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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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OAuth2 in Thinktecture IdentityServer v2: Using the Implicit Flow with Windows Store Clients

WinRT has built-in support for the “browser control/redirect” sign-in mechanism that is used in OAuth2 implicit flow. The API for that is called the WebAuthenticationBroker and using it has some advantages, e.g. Give the user a consistent interface for entering … Continue reading

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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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Thinktecture IdentityServer v2: Using the OAuth2 Implicit Flow with JavaScript

Nice blog post from Christian! http://weblogs.thinktecture.com/cweyer/2012/11/oauth2-in-thinktecture-identityserver-v2-implicit-grant-flow-with-javascript.html

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Thinktecture IdentityServer v2: Federation with Web Identities

Brock has a nice post describing the OAuth2 work we did in IdentityServer v2. Check it out! http://brockallen.com/2012/11/04/oauth2-in-thinktecture-identityserver-oauth2-identity-providers/

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OAuth2 in Thinktecture IdentityServer v2: Resource Owner Password Flow

IdentityServer v2 supports the OAuth2 “Resource Owner Password Credential Flow” (see the spec for more details). This flow is for so called “trusted applications”, meaning the user gives his username/password to an application, and this app then requests a token … Continue reading

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Update on Thinktecture IdentityServer v2 Beta (Refresh 2)

Just wanted to give you a quick update what’s happening with IdentityServer. Brock and I were working really hard to get some new features in, e.g. Mobile support for the login and home realm discovery pages Standards compliant OAuth2 flows … Continue reading

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Federation Gateway and Home Realm Discovery in Thinktecture.IdentityServer v2

I just uploaded a “feature-refresh” of the IdSrv Beta to github. This includes amongst some bug fixes the ability to use IdSrv as a federation gateway/home realm discovery page. This gives you the ability to use IdSrv to broker trust … Continue reading

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