I want to generate a key pair for use in Across Application Authentication. Are there any utilities included with VS.Net that will generate a key pair that I can use? validationKey=? decryptionKey=? validation="SHA1" Thanks, -- Ralph Page MBA, CMBA, MCDBA, MCSE, CCNA -----------------...more >>

I've created a web site using plain old asp (not asp.net). How do I got about setting it up to require the user to logon using their domain credentials before they can start to use the app? Any url's to material would be great. Thx ...more >>

Hi, I am using Forms Authentication and it is working just great...someone tries to access a form without logging in, they get routed to my login screen. However, how do I implement logging out? I have a logout menu option where I want to fire and ASPX page that does...what? What to do I nul...more >>

hi i have a problem with database access (SQL Server/MSDE) on my production server. the asp.net web app works fine in test. on the production server, it won't connect to the database! i'm pretty sure i have set up the ASPNET login correctly, with permissions identical to my test system...more >>

I have a couple of SSL questions. First: If I would like to protect my entire website by ensuring that all pages are accessed using SSL (https://) How would I force that? Would that be an ASP.net config thing, or a configuration in IIS? Second: If I would only like specific pages protected...more >>

In my application I would like to to be able to upload files to a specified directory on the server. I specify the files in the app settings section of the web.config file. When I try to save the file though I get an access denied error. I've checked to make sure that the ASP account has...more >>

Hi For ASP.Net application we can use Five IIS authentication settings viz. Basic,Integrated Windows, Certificate, Anonymous & Digest. Now my Question is out of these 5 which all authentication mechanisms can be used when my CLIENT OS is 1) MAC OS 10 2) Unix The browser used by clien...more >>

I have a problem with FormsAuthentication: I have two web applications: http://localhost/bx/authentication http://localhost/myapp I have a 'login' hyperlink in MyApp that opens http://localhost/bx/authentication/login.aspx in a popup window. The popup window has a username and pass...more >>

Is there a way to make my intranet web application NOT automatically use the logged in user when using the "Windows" authentication mode? I want to force the windows popup to always appear, prompting them for a user name and password (with domain name already filled in for them, if possible), a...more >>

Hi , I have an ASP.NET web service running on a Windows 2000 Server (WHICH IS NOT A DOMAIN CONTROLLER). Since I wanted to access a remote database on my intranet , I set up my ASp.NET worker process(aspnet_wp.exe) to run under a domain account(<domainname>\meenaaspnet). Everything is ...more >>

Hi all, I have read that you can have have multiple web.config files but some tags including <authentication> can only be present in the root one. but our applictaion is used by 3 different kinds of users. so we have 1 virtual directory and 3 folders, 1 for each type of user. we have 1 logi...more >>

I'm working on single signon for multiple web apps on a single domain. If I authenticate in wepApp1 then I am authenticated in webApp2 however, anywhere in the global.asax code of webApp2 the following don't seem to be set/initialized: Request.IsAuthenticated User.Identity ...more >>

I have an asp.net site and I want to provide automatic login when a user returns to my site, similar to amazon.com. Currently my site authenticates the user and generates a token when the user has been validated, this token is unique per login and is valid unitl the user logouts or their sessi...more >>

I'm experiencing some problems with role-based forms authentication accross domain. I wanted to create an unique login page for multiple web server running different applications. My first server is www.mydomain.com The second one is www1.mydomain.com The third one is www2.mydomain.com I made...more >>

I was thinking of using form authtentication. Is it a pain, or should I do it? Also, I want login to redirect to one of two pages always, no matter what. Is there no way I can tell the FormAuthentication object which page to go to at runtime?? Thanks Please give your opinions and ...more >>

I have a web app that I have setup to use Windows authentication ( impersonation = true ) and IIS configured to use integrated security only. From what I have read, this should suppress the logon prompt is you are currently logged into the same domain. Am I missing something? I get a logon pro...more >>

I have a web application with at least three pages: /index.aspx (home page) /login.aspx (login page) /my/portfolio.aspx (private page - needs authentication) If I attempt to go directly to the private page, I am properly redirected to the login page. If the login is successful, I am then ...more >>

I just moved some ASP.Net applications to a new machine. The applications ran ok on the old machine but hit a number of security problems on the new machine. Rather than just "kicking the door open" on the new machine, I would like to get it setup correctly. Is there a write-up somewhere...more >>