Appendix . Configuration Stores and Tools

The combined authentication, authorization, and secure communication services available to .NET Web applications are summarized in the following tables. The tables show the various security services available to each of the core .NET Web application technologies and for each one indicates where the related security configuration settings are maintained and what tools are available to edit the settings.

Note

Settings within the Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase are configured using the IIS MMC snap-in, or programmatically via script. Settings maintained within machine.config or web.config can be edited with any text editor (such as Notepad) or XML editor (such as the Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET ...

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