Getting start with ASP.NET Security

 
 There are various Security providers for ASP.NET web applications, such as

1. Several ASP.NET features rely on a provider to manage storing and retrieving data from a data source. Each provider is specific to the data source. ASP.NET includes a Microsoft SQL Server provider for the following ASP.NET features:

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      Membership (the SqlMembershipProvider class).
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      Role management (the SqlRoleProvider class).
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      Profile (the SqlProfileProvider class).

using command line tool aspnet_regsql.exe it is quite easier to create database for each of the above. Bottom line is you can save user name, password and other profile info into database and authenticate against the data.

2. Security Application block from Microsoft Enterp ...