Category OAuth2
Protecting legacy APIs with an ASP.NET Core Yarp reverse proxy and Azure AD OAuth
This article shows how a legacy API could be protected using an ASP.NET Core Yarp reverse proxy and Azure AD OAuth. The security is implemented using Azure AD and Microsoft.Identity.Web. Sometimes it is not possible to update an existing or old API within a reasonable price and the financially best way to use it in […]
Using multiple APIs in Blazor with Microsoft Entra ID authentication
The post shows how to create a Blazor application which is hosted in an ASP.NET Core application and provides a public API which uses multiple downstream APIs. Both the Blazor client and the Blazor API are protected by Azure AD authentication. The Blazor UI Client is protected like any single page application. This is a […]
Using multiple APIs in Angular and ASP.NET Core with Microsoft Entra ID authentication
This article shows how an Angular application could be used to access many APIs in a secure way. An API is created specifically for the Angular UI and the further APIs can only be access from the trusted backend which is under our control. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftEntraIDAuthMicrosoftIdentityWeb Posts in this series History Setup The applications are […]
Securing an ASP.NET Core API which uses multiple access tokens
This post shows how an ASP.NET Core API can authorize API calls which use different access tokens from different identity providers or different access tokens from the same identity provider but created for different clients and containing different claims. The access tokens are validated using JWT Bearer authentication as well as an authorization policy which […]
Using Microsoft Graph API delegated clients in ASP.NET Core
This post shows how Microsoft Graph API can be used in both ASP.NET Core UI web applications and also ASP.NET Core APIs for delegated identity flows. The ASP.NET Core applications are secured using Microsoft.Identity.Web. In the API project, the Graph API client is used in a delegated flow with user access tokens getting an access […]
Implement a Web APP and an ASP.NET Core Secure API using Microsoft Entra ID which delegates to a second API
This article shows how an ASP.NET Core Web application can authenticate and access a downstream API using user access tokens and delegate to another API in Microsoft Entra ID also using user access tokens. Microsoft.Identity.Web is used in all three applications to acquire the tokens afor the Web API and the access tokens for the […]
Using Key Vault certificates with Microsoft.Identity.Web and ASP.NET Core applications
This post shows how Azure Key Vault certificates can be used with Microsoft.Identity.Web in an ASP.NET Core application which requires a downstream “access_as_user” API. The Microsoft Entra ID App Registrations requires a certificate instead of a client secret. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftEntraIDAuthMicrosoftIdentityWeb Posts in this series History 2023-11-28 Updated to .NET 8 Creating the Key Vault certificates […]
Securing Azure Functions using ME-ID JWT Bearer token authentication for user access tokens
This post shows how to implement OAuth security for an Azure Function using user-access JWT Bearer tokens created using Microsoft Entra ID and App registrations. A client web application implemented in ASP.NET Core is used to authenticate and the access token created for the identity is used to access the API implemented using Azure Functions. […]
Login and use an ASP.NET Core API with Azure AD Auth and user access tokens
In this blog post, Azure AD will be setup and used to authenticate and authorize an ASP.NET core Razor Page application which uses an API from a separate ASP.NET Core MVC project. User access tokens are used to access to API, so that an email can be used in the API. The API is not […]
Securing an Angular application using Azure B2C
This article shows how to secure an Angular application using Azure B2C with OpenID Connect Code Flow and PKCE. The silent renew is supported using refresh tokens. Code: Angular Azure B2C History 2021-11-22 Updated to Angular OIDC 13.0.0 2021-07-20 Updated to Angular OIDC 12.0.2 Setting up Azure B2C In the Azure portal, create a new […]
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