Securing Web Api using Forms Authentication Forms authentication uses the ASP.Net membership provider and uses standard HTTP cookies instead of the Authorization header.

This proactive approach can help in patching weaknesses before malicious actors can exploit them Authentication and authorization are vital for API security. We've discussed the differences between ...

With the Firefox 60 release on May 9, Firefox became the first major browser to support the Web Authentication API. This API enables users to avoid text-based passwords for websites and instead ...

How to implement basic password authentication for a minimal API in ASP.NET Core using a custom authentication handler that validates the user’s credentials against a database.

API Gateways effectively manage the authentication of the user and provide service orchestration capabilities, but if sensitive data is involved, additional fine-grained authorization capabilities ...

Authentication and authorization go hand-in-hand Some content or resources may be available for public consumption and don’t require any type of identification or authentication – think of ...