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Supporting both Local and Windows Authentication in ASP.NET Core MVC using IdentityServer4
This article shows how to setup an ASP.NET Core MVC application to support both users who can login in with a local login account, solution specific, or use a windows authentication login. The identity created from the windows authentication could then be allowed to do different tasks, for example administration, or a user from the […]
Using Message Pack with ASP.NET Core SignalR
This post shows how SignalR could be used to send messages between different C# console clients using Message Pack as the protocol. An ASP.NET Core web application is used to host the SignalR Hub. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAngularSignalR Posts in this series History 2023-01-08 Updated Angular 15, .NET 72021-01-25 Updated Angular 11.1.0 .NET 5, ngrx implementation2020-03-21 updated […]
Securing the CDN links in the ASP.NET Core 2.1 templates
This article uses the the ASP.NET Core 2.1 MVC template and shows how to secure the CDN links using the integrity parameter. A new ASP.NET Core MVC application was created using the 2.1 template in Visual Studio. This template uses HTTPS per default and has added some of the required HTTPS headers like HSTS which […]
Securing an ASP.NET Core MVC application which uses a secure API
The article shows how an ASP.NET Core MVC application can implement security when using an API to retrieve data. The OpenID Connect Hybrid flow is used to secure the ASP.NET Core MVC application. The application uses tokens stored in a cookie. This cookie is not used to access the API. The API is protected using […]
Creating specific themes for OIDC clients using razor views with IdentityServer4
This post shows how to use specific themes in an ASPNET Core STS application using IdentityServer4. For each OpenId Connect (OIDC) client, a separate theme is used. The theme is implemented using Razor, based on the examples, code from Ben Foster. Thanks for these. The themes can then be customized as required. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreIdentityServer4Persistence Setup […]
SignalR Group messages with ngrx and Angular
This article shows how SignalR can be used to send grouped messages to an Angular SignalR client, which uses ngrx to handle the SignalR events in the Angular client. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAngularSignalRSecurity Posts in this series History 2023-01-08 Updated Angular 15, .NET 72021-01-25 Updated Angular 11.1.0 .NET 5, ngrx implementation2020-03-21 updated packages, fixed Admin UI STS2019-08-18 […]
Getting started with SignalR using ASP.NET Core and Angular
This article shows how to setup a first SignalR Hub in ASP.NET Core 2.2 and use it with an Angular client. SignalR was released with dotnet 2.1. Thanks to Dennis Alberti for his help in setting up the code example. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAngularSignalR Posts in this series History 2023-01-08 Updated Angular 15, .NET 72021-01-25 Updated Angular […]
Adding an external Microsoft login to IdentityServer4
This article shows how to implement a Microsoft Account as an external provider in an IdentityServer4 project using ASP.NET Core Identity with a SQLite database. Code https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreID4External Updated: You can also login using OpenID Connect instead of using Microsoft Account. Updating Microsoft Account Logins in ASP.NET Core with OpenID Connect and Azure Active Directory 2019-05-17 […]
Using Protobuf Media Formatters with ASP.NET Core
This article shows how to use Protobuf with an ASP.NET Core MVC application. The API uses the WebApiContrib.Core.Formatter.Protobuf Nuget package to add support for Protobuf. This package uses the protobuf-net Nuget package from Marc Gravell, which makes it really easy to use a really fast serializer, deserializer for your APIs. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreWebApiContribProtobufSample History 2019-09-23 Updated […]
Anti-Forgery Validation with ASP.NET Core MVC and Angular
This article shows how API requests from an Angular SPA inside an ASP.NET Core MVC application can be protected against XSRF by adding an anti-forgery cookie. This is required, if using Angular, when using cookies to persist the auth token. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreMvcAngular Blogs in this Series Using Angular in an ASP.NET Core View with Webpack […]
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