Owin is the next hot thing that everyone (or at least those following the bleeding edge of .NET development) is talking about. When creating a new ASP.NET project it references Owin for the ASP.NET Identity authentication system so it’s obviously not only a hype but actively used. But what is it really and why should… Continue reading What’s this Owin Stuff About?
Series: Owin Authentication
ASP.NET Identity and Owin Overview
ASP.NET Identity is the reworked, flexible replacement for the old membership system that has been around since ASP.NET 2.0. ASP.NET Identity is more well designed and flexible than the old membership system and uses Owin middleware components for external logins such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. Compared to the membership system, the architecture of ASP.NET… Continue reading ASP.NET Identity and Owin Overview
Understanding the Owin External Authentication Pipeline
Owin makes it easy to inject new middleware into the processing pipeline. This can be leveraged to inject breakpoints in the pipeline, to inspect the state of the Owin context during authentication. When creating a new MVC 5.1 project a Startup.Auth.cs file is added to the project that configures the Owin pipeline with authentication middleware.… Continue reading Understanding the Owin External Authentication Pipeline
Writing an Owin Authentication Middleware
Owin and Katana offers a flexible pipeline for external authentication with existing providers for authentication by Google, Facebook, Twitter and more. It is also possible to write your own custom authentication provider and get full integration with the Owin external authentication pipeline and ASP.NET Identity. Anatomy of an Owin Authentication Middleware For this post I’ve… Continue reading Writing an Owin Authentication Middleware
Using Owin External Login without ASP.NET Identity
ASP.NET MVC5 has excellent support for external social login providers (Google, Facebook, Twitter) integrating with the ASP.NET Identity system. But what if we want to use external logins directly without going through ASP.NET Identity? Using external logins together with ASP.NET Identity is very simple to get started with, but it requires all users to register… Continue reading Using Owin External Login without ASP.NET Identity