Techniques to authenticate user

Question

List the various techniques to authenticate the user in ASP.NET?

Answer 1

We can employ one of the following ways to authenticate the user to select a built-in authentication provider which are as follows:

• Passport - This method works with the Microsoft Passport authentication, the syntax is as follows: <authentication mode = "Passport"/>

• Windows Authentication - This method works as a default authentication technique. This can work with any form of the Microsoft Internet Information Services i.e. IIS authentication, like Integrated Windows authentication (NTLM/Kerberos), Basic, Digest, and certificates. Syntax of the Windows authentication mode is as follows: <authentication mode="windows" />

• Forms Authentication – this mode can be described as a default authentication mode using the following code: <authentication mode="Forms"/>