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.Net Developers Guide to Identity

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in .Net, Programming | Posted on 20-07-2006

Have you ever wondered how windows credentials and Kerberos worked under the hood and how to leverage that as a .Net developer?  What about Smart Cards, or the new up and coming addition to Vista called “InfoCard”?  Did you know there was a tool to assist in building roles for your applications called Azman?  Or better yet what is PKI or Federated Services?

I think you get the idea, there are tons of things .Net developers should be aware of when it comes to securing our applications.  Keith Brown from PluralSight.Com has an MSDN article title .Net Developers Guide to Identity that covers all of this and more.  Extremely well written and even has code samples where applicable.