Windows Authentication
Apress eBooks · 2009
Forms authentication is a great approach if you want to roll your own authentication system using a back-end database and a custom login page. But what if you are creating a web application for a smaller set of known users who already have Windows user accounts? In these situations, it makes sense to use an authentication system that can leverage the existing user and group membership information. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.