aspnet_identity

ASP.NET Identity deep dive - Part 6 (Social logins)

September 20, 2024  11 minute read  

This article is one of a number of articles I will write over the coming month and will go into depth about the ASP.NET Identity system. My outline thus far: Project setup Account registration Signing in and out with a username and password Password reset Email confirmations Social logins Now that I have the basic flows sorted out (which includes username/password with registration, self-service password reset, and account lockout support), it’s time to turn my attention to o...

ASP.NET Identity deep dive - Part 5 (Sending email)

September 18, 2024  12 minute read  

This article is one of a number of articles I will write over the coming month and will go into depth about the ASP.NET Identity system. My outline thus far: Project setup Account registration Signing in and out with a username and password Password reset Email confirmations Social logins Today is the final spot for the basic flows. Up to this point, I’ve been logging links in places where I should be sending emails. Sending emails in development is scary. First, things co...

ASP.NET Identity deep dive - Part 4 (Password reset)

September 16, 2024  7 minute read  

This article is one of a number of articles I will write over the coming month and will go into depth about the ASP.NET Identity system. My outline thus far: Project setup Account registration Signing in and out with a username and password Password reset Email confirmations Social logins I’ve already implemented the registration and login/logout functionality. I’ve also done some updates since the last check in. Most notably, I’ve automatically signed the user in after regis...

ASP.NET Identity deep dive - Part 3 (Authentication)

September 14, 2024  6 minute read  

This article is one of a number of articles I will write over the coming month and will go into depth about the ASP.NET Identity system. My outline thus far: Project setup Account registration Signing in and out with a username and password Password reset Email confirmations Social logins Today, I’m tackling authentication - that is, signing in and out of an account using the web UI. You may remember from my last article that I set up the initial web UI to include a link to ...

ASP.NET Identity deep dive - Part 2 (Registration)

September 13, 2024  13 minute read  

This article is one of a number of articles I will write over the coming month and will go into depth about the ASP.NET Identity system. My outline thus far: Project setup Account registration Signing in and out with a username and password Password reset Email confirmations Social logins As you may remember from the last article, the first user journey I am going to implement is the registration journey. This is actually one of the more complex journeys with several parts t...

ASP.NET Identity deep dive - Part 1 (Project setup)

September 11, 2024  8 minute read  

You may have noticed that I included ASP.NET Identity in a project a couple of posts ago. I’m currently doing a deep dive into ASP.NET Identity with an eye towards an OIDC identity service based on OpenIddict. Identity is a complex topic and I still recommend that developers integrate another service rather than write their own: Keycloak is a good option if you have to store your own data, Auth0 is a good option when you just want a bunch of social providers, Corbado has support for...