Federated Identity - Passive Authentication for ASP.NET with WIF

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:00 GMT

The goal of federated security is to provide a mechanism for establishing trust relationships between domains. Platform tools like Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) make it much easier to support this type of identity federation. We show you how.

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Claims-Based Apps - Claims-Based Authorization with WIF

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Over the past few years, federated security models and claims-based access control have become increasingly popular.Platform tools in this area have also come a long way. Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) is a rich identity model framework designed for building claims-based applications and services and for supporting active and passive federated security scenarios.

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Geneva Framework - Building A Custom Security Token Service

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT

A Security Token Service, or STS, acts as a security gateway to authenticate callers and issue security tokens carrying claims that describe the caller. See how you can build a custom STS with the “Geneva” Framework.

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Geneva Framework - A Better Approach For Building Claims-Based WCF Services

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Here we introduce Microsoft Code Name “Geneva,” the new framework for building claims-based applications and services, and federated security scenarios.

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Service Station - Building a WCF Router, Part 2.

Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT

Here we present a deep look into the workings of Windows Communication Foundation routers, exploring the details of pass-through router implementations.

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Service Station - Building a WCF Router, Part 1

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:17:18 GMT

Here we take a look at WCF clients and services, and explain how to tweak the addressing and message filtering behaviors so you can route services between them.

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Identity - Secure Your ASP.NET Apps And WCF Services With Windows CardSpace

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:00:00 GMT

Windows CardSpace replaces traditional authentication with a more consistent and streamlined login process and improves trust between end-users, applications and services. Michèle Leroux Bustamante explains.

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