ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies®

Chapter 17. Site Security Using Authentication and Membership

In This Chapter

• Using forms authentication on the Internet

• Creating a database to store members

• Enabling registration and logins

• Securing pages and folders

Almost every Web site has something that it wants (or needs) to keep out of the public eye — even if it's only a page for uploading new content. Because the need to restrict access is so common, the ASP.NET team created a complete set of login, membership, and security management tools.