Category .NET

Delegated read and application write access to blob storage using ASP.NET Core with Entra ID authentication

This article shows how an ASP.NET Core application can control the write access to an Azure blob storage container using an application app registration. Microsoft Entra ID is used to control the user access and to implement the authentication of the web application. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreEntraIdBlobStorage Blogs in this series The solution provides a secure upload […]

Using a CSP nonce in Blazor Web

OLD, please refer to the blogs in the github repo. This article shows how to use a CSP nonce in a Blazor Web application using the InteractiveServer server render mode. Using a CSP nonce is a great way to protect web applications against XSS attacks and other such Javascript vulnerabilities. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/BlazorServerOidc Notes The code […]

Using Blob storage from ASP.NET Core with Entra ID authentication

This article shows how to implement a secure upload and a secure download in ASP.NET Core using Azure blob storage. The application uses Microsoft Entra ID for authentication and also for access to the Azure Blob storage container. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreEntraIdBlobStorage Blogs in this series Security architecture The application is setup to store the file uploads […]

Secure an ASP.NET Core Blazor Web app using Microsoft Entra ID

This article shows how to implement an ASP.NET Core Blazor Web application using Microsoft Entra ID for authentication. Microsoft.Identity.Web is used to implement the Microsoft Entra ID OpenID Connect client. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/Hostedblazor8MeID Note: I based this implementation on the example provided by Tomás López Rodríguez and adapted it. Setup The Blazor Web application is an […]

Migrate ASP.NET Core Blazor Server to Blazor Web

This article shows how to migrate a Blazor server application to a Blazor Web application. The migration used the ASP.NET Core migration documentation, but this was not complete and a few extra steps were required. The starting point was a Blazor Server application secured using OpenID Connect for authentication. The target system is a Blazor […]

Securing a Blazor Server application using OpenID Connect and security headers

This article shows how to secure a Blazor Server application. The application implements an OpenID Connect confidential client with PKCE using .NET 8 and configures the security headers as best possible for the Blazor Server application. OpenIddict is used to implement the identity provider and the OpenID Connect server. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/BlazorServerOidc OpenID Connect flow In […]

Securing a MudBlazor UI web application using security headers and Microsoft Entra ID

This article shows how a Blazor application can be implemented in a secure way using MudBlazor UI components and Microsoft Entra ID as an identity provider. The MudBlazor UI components adds some inline styles and requires a specific CSP setup due to this and the Blazor WASM script requirements. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftEntraIDMudBlazor Setup The application is […]

Authentication with multiple identity providers in ASP.NET Core

This article shows how to implement authentication in ASP.NET Core using multiple identity providers or secure token servers. When using multiple identity providers, the authentication flows need to be separated per scheme for the sign-in flow and the sign-out flow. The claims are different and would require mapping logic depending on the authorization logic of […]

Fix missing tokens when using downstream APIs and Microsoft Identity in ASP.NET Core

This article shows how a secure ASP.NET Core application can use Microsoft Entra ID downstream APIs and an in-memory cache. When using in-memory cache and after restarting an application, the tokens are missing for a value session stored in the cookie. The application needs to recover. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/bff-aspnetcore-angular OpenID Connect client setup The ASP.NET Core […]

Issue and verify BBS+ verifiable credentials using ASP.NET Core and trinsic.id

This article shows how to implement identity verification in a solution using ASP.NET Core and trinsic.id, built using an id-tech solution based on self sovereign identity principals. The credential issuer uses OpenID Connect to authenticate, implemented using Microsoft Entra ID. The edge or web wallet authenticates using trinsic.id based on a single factor email code. […]