User Security
Every aspect of security is extremely important to the success of your website. Without users, you don't have a website. You will lose your users if you can't guarantee that their passwords are secure, and that you can reliably authenticate and authorize users if your site requires it.
Authenticating Users
The process of authentication is the process by which a user's identity is confirmed. Through some means, your web site determines who the user is. ASP.NET provides several different methods for authenticating users and determining identity. They are as follows:
Windows authentication
Forms authentication
Passport authentication
Windows Authentication
Windows authentication mode uses the current user's Windows identity to authenticate ...
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