Questions tagged [authentication]
Authentication is the process of providing a proof of identity or verifying identity.
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Open Source login systems, what is good? [closed]
I am starting a a new web development project and I am tired of coding login systems. This is the kind of thing that must have been done dozens of times before. I really want to use someone else's ...
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WCF Security error with VS 2008 Unit Test
I was running my first Visual Studio 2008 Unit Test with a WCF Service and I received the following error:
Test method
UnitTest.ServiceUnitTest.TestMyService
threw exception:
System....
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OpenID authentication error
When I try to login to this site using my yahoo openid, it takes me to the yahoo site, I click "continue" meaning that i want to send my authentication details to stackoverflow.com and stackoverflow....
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Managing users with Postgresql
Our system will run on a local network with no more than 50 clients that connect to the same local server. We are creating a DB user for each client, to take advantage of the postgresql privilege ...
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WCF WebHttp Mixed Authentication (Basic AND Anonymous)
All of this is pertaining to WebHttp binding, hosted in a custom Service Host (IIS is not an option at this time).
I've implemented a custom UserNamePasswordValidator, and a custom ...
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Apache Authentication for external access, but not for local access
I need that my Apache require authentication only to external access but free in my local network. I have mod_user in my Apache.
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Asp.Net Role-based authentication using Security groups in Active Directory
I am attempting to do something simple (I thought) - securing my application using roles-based security using Active Directory groups in our Domain.
Specifically, I need to show/hide items on a page ...
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Aggregate Login Control [ASP.NET]
Is there a control out in the world that allows a user to log in to a website with MS Passport (Windows Live ID, whatever), Facebook, OpenID, etc. all in one control?
Thanks, everyone!
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HTTP Authentication (Basic or Digest) in ASP Classic via IIS [closed]
I want to develop a website in ASP classic that uses HTTP Authentication against a database or password list that is under the control of the script. Ideally, the solution should involve no components ...
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What is the best way to implement mixed ASP.NET forms auth (AD + DB)?
I want to implement forms authentication on an ASP.NET website, the site should seek the user on the database to get some data and then authenticate against LDAP (Active Directory) to validate the ...
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How would you implement salted passwords in Tomcat 5.5
My web application is relying on container-managed security and I'm wondering if it's possible to use salted passwords at all. As far as I can tell it's easy enough to store digested passwords in a ...
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DoubleRenderError in restful_authentication with acts_as_state_machine when activating users
In a project which uses restful_authentication with acts_as_state_machine and email activation, I get a double render error whenever a user does the activation action from the email link.
I'm using ...
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Users Authentication in ASP.NET
I was wondering, what's the best approach in creating users authentication for my asp.net-mvc web application.
Should I use the Forms authentication using a custom MembershipProvider ?
Or should I ...
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How to grab AD credentials from client machine in a web application?
Is it possible to grab activedirectory credentials for the user on a client machine from within a web application?
To clarify, I am designing a web application which will be hosted on a client's ...
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A simple, medium secure,login protocol?
I asked here about a protocol that I was asked to implement, and how secure it was. Since it seemed clear from the very beginning that it was shit. Being so I ask:
Can you guys point me to some very ...
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