(ASP).NET MembershipBuilt in securityDaniel Fisherdaniel.fisher@devcoach.com

ASP.NET Membership In the .NET Framework since the

beginning Part of ASP.NET• But who cares

Membership

Membership.ValidateUser(userName, password);

Var user = Membership.GetUser(1);user.Email = "info@lennybacon.com";

Membership.UpdateUser(user);

Roles

const string adminRole = "Administrator";

if(!Roles.Role.Exists(adminRole)){

Role.CreateRole(adminRole);}

IPrinciple user = HttpContext.Current.User;User.IsInRole(adminRole);

Based on IPrincipal An essential part of the .NET

Framework• System.Threading• System.Environment• ...

What about my data?

Ist not always a green field Membership API is provider based

Membership API

Configuration

Membership ProviderMembership ProviderMembership ProviderMembership ProviderMembership Provider

Membership Configuraton<configuration> <system.Web> <membership defaultProvider="SqlProvider"> <providers> <add

name="SqlProvider" ... />

<providers> </membership> </system.Web></configuration>

Membership ProviderMethods

protected MembershipProvider();public abstract bool ChangePassword();public abstract bool ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer();public abstract MembershipUser CreateUser();protected virtual byte[] DecryptPassword();public abstract bool DeleteUser();internal string EncodePassword();protected virtual byte[] EncryptPassword();public abstract MembershipUserCollection FindUsersByEmail();public abstract MembershipUserCollection FindUsersByName();internal string GenerateSalt();public abstract MembershipUserCollection GetAllUsers();public abstract int GetNumberOfUsersOnline();public abstract string GetPassword(string username, string answer);public abstract MembershipUser GetUser();public abstract MembershipUser GetUser();internal MembershipUser GetUser();public abstract string GetUserNameByEmail();protected virtual void OnValidatingPassword();public abstract string ResetPassword();internal string UnEncodePassword();public abstract bool UnlockUser();public abstract void UpdateUser();public abstract bool ValidateUser();

Membership ProviderProperties

public abstract string ApplicationName { get; set; }public abstract bool EnablePasswordReset { get; }public abstract bool EnablePasswordRetrieval { get; }public abstract int MaxInvalidPasswordAttempts { get; }public abstract int MinRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters { get; }public abstract int MinRequiredPasswordLength { get; }public abstract int PasswordAttemptWindow { get; }public abstract MembershipPasswordFormat PasswordFormat { get; }public abstract string PasswordStrengthRegularExpression { get; }public abstract bool RequiresQuestionAndAnswer { get; }public abstract bool RequiresUniqueEmail { get; }

Custom Membership Providers

demo!

Beyond the web...

What about the rest? There are not only ASP.NET Web

Applications• AJAX• Desktop• Web Services• Rich Internet Applications

Sys.Web.Services ASP.NET AJAX supports Membership

authentication out of the box. Just enable it in the config

Sys.Services Configuraton<configuration> <system.web.extensions> <scripting> <webServices> <authenticationService enabled="true" /> </webServices> </scripting> </system.web.extensions> </configuration>

Membership for AJAX Apps

demo!

Membership Services Visual Studio 2008 offers desktop

applications to enable Membership features with "one click".

Membership for Desktop Apps

demo!

Limitations Microsoft ships a provider for• ASP.NET Database schema• Windows Accounts• Active directory

The API offers full administration of your authorization store• BUT...• The providers running against SAM/AD do not

support a few things...• Like editing other user accounts

WCFSecurity Windows Communications Foundation

is one of the most pluggable and configurable thing the world has seen.

Of course this is also true for its security features.

WCF Authentication Derive from the base class UserNamePasswordValidator.Override the method Validate.

Configure the class in the service behavior section as service credentials to use.

Authentication Configuraton<configuration> <system.serviceModel> <behaviors> <serviceBehaviors> <behavior name="MyBahavior"> <serviceCredentials> <userNameAuthentication

customUserNamePasswordValidatorType="..."

userNamePasswordValidationMode="Custom" />

</serviceCredentials> </behavior>

</serviceBehaviors> </system.serviceModel> </configuration>

WCF Authorization Implement the interface

IAuthorizationPolicy. Configure the extension in the service

behavior section as service authorization to use.

Authorization Configuraton<configuration> <system.serviceModel> <behaviors> <serviceBehaviors> <behavior name="MyBahavior"> <serviceAuthorization

principalPermissionMode="Custom"> <authorizationPolicies> <add policyType="..."/> </authorizationPolicies> </serviceAuthorization>

</behavior> </serviceBehaviors>

</system.serviceModel> </configuration>

Membership for Web Services

demo!

Rich Internet Applications There is no Membership in Silverlight • But we can use the AJAX API...

So the limiting factor is the network connectivity...

Membership for Rich Internet Applications

demo!

Q&A

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