A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control (Microsoft patterns & practices)

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Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. As systems have become interconnected and more complicated, programmers needed ways to identify parties across multiple computers. This mechanism is still widely used-for example, when logging on to a As systems have become interconnected and more complicated, programmers needed ways to identify parties across multiple computers. This mechanism is still widely used-for example, when logging on to a great number of Web sites.

However, this approach becomes unmanageable when you have many co-operating systems as is the case, for example, in the enterprise. Therefore, specialized services were invented that would register and authenticate users, and subsequently provide claims about them to interested applications. Most enterprise applications need some basic user security features. At a minimum, they need to authenticate their users, and many also need to authorize access to certain features so that only privileged users can get to them. Some apps must go further and audit what the user does.

By taking advantage of Windows integrated authentication, you don't have to invent your own authentication protocol or manage a user database.

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By using access control lists ACLs , impersonation, and features such as groups, you can implement authorization with very little code. Indeed, this advice applies no matter which OS you are using. It's almost always a better idea to integrate closely with the security features in your OS rather than reinventing those features yourself. But what happens when you want to extend reach to users who don't happen to have Windows accounts?

What about users who aren't running Windows at all?

More and more applications need this type of reach, which seems to fly in the face of traditional advice. This book gives you enough information to evaluate claims-based identity as a possible option when you're planning a new application or making changes to an existing one.

A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control

It is intended for any architect, developer, or information technology IT professional who designs, builds, or operates Web applications and services that require identity information about their users. Paperback , pages. Published April 21st by Microsoft Press first published April 14th To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Therefore, specialized services were invented that would register and authenticate users, and subsequently provide claims about them to interested applications.

Most enterprise applications need some basic user security features. At a minimum, they need to authenticate their users, and many also need to authorize access to certain features so that only privileged users can get to them. Some apps must go further and audit what the user does.

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On Windows, these features are built into the operating system and are usually quite easy to integrate into an application. By taking advantage of Windows integrated authentication, you don't have to invent your own authentication protocol or manage a user database. By using access control lists ACLs , impersonation, and features such as groups, you can implement authorization with very little code. Indeed, this advice applies no matter which OS you are using. It's almost always a better idea to integrate closely with the security features in your OS rather than reinventing those features yourself.

But what happens when you want to extend reach to users who don't happen to have Windows accounts? What about users who aren't running Windows at all? More and more applications need this type of reach, which seems to fly in the face of traditional advice. This book gives you enough information to evaluate claims-based identity as a possible option when you're planning a new application or making changes to an existing one.

It is intended for any architect, developer, or information technology IT professional who designs, builds, or operates Web applications and services that require identity information about their users. Programming Windows Security Keith Brown. By using access control lists ACLs , impersonation, and features such as groups, you can implement authorization with very little code.

Indeed, this advice applies no matter which OS you are using. It's almost always a better idea to integrate closely with the security features in your OS rather than reinventing those features yourself.

But what happens when you want to extend reach to users who don't happen to have Windows accounts? What about users who aren't running Windows at all? More and more applications need this type of reach, which seems to fly in the face of traditional advice.

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This book gives you enough information to evaluate claims-based identity as a possible option when you're planning a new application or making changes to an existing one. It is intended for any architect, developer, or information technology IT professional who designs, builds, or operates Web applications and services that require identity information about their users. Dominick Baier splits his time between being an independent security consultant and an instructor for DevelopMentor - teaching and authoring the ASP.

When not teaching he spends his time researching security, doing audits and penetration tests and helps other developers around the world to build more secure applications.

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Dominick maintains a security blog at http: He currently focuses on all things identity, working with the developer's community, large enterprises and partners. Vittorio is a published author; he frequently speaks about identity at international conferences and maintains a popular blog at http: Keith is the author of Pluralsight's Applied. NET Security course as well as several books, including The. Learn more at www. He's been involved in software development for 6 yeasr. He maintains a blog at http: Before that he worked on architecture guidance for claims based identity and identity federation.

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