Category Security
Updating ASP.NET Core Identity to use Bootstrap 4
This article shows how to update the default Identity Pages template to use Bootstrap 4. You need to scaffold the views into the project, and change the layouts and the views to use the new Bootstrap 4 classes and javascript. The base project is built using Webpack and npm. Bootstrap 4 is loaded from npm, […]
OAuth using OIDC Authentication with PKCE for a .NET Core Console Native Application
This article shows how to use a .NET Core console application securely with an API using the RFC 7636 specification. The app logs into IdentityServer4 using the OIDC authorization code flow with a PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange). The app can then use the access token to consume data from a secure API. This […]
ASP.NET Core Authorization for Windows, Local accounts
This article shows how authorization could be implemented for an ASP.NET Core MVC application. The authorization logic is extracted into a separate project, which is required by some certification software requirements. This could also be deployed as a separate service. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreWindowsAuth Blogs in this series: Supporting both Local and Windows Authentication in ASP.NET Core […]
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 […]
Comparing the HTTPS Security Headers of Swiss banks
This post compares the security HTTP Headers used by different banks in Switzerland. securityheaders.io is used to test each of the websites. The website of each bank as well as the e-banking login was tested. securityheaders.io views the headers like any browser. The tested security headers help protect against some of the possible attacks, especially […]
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 […]
Using the dotnet Angular template with Azure AD OIDC Implicit Flow
This article shows how to use Azure AD with an Angular application implemented using the Microsoft dotnet template and the angular-auth-oidc-client npm package to implement the OpenID Implicit Flow. The Angular app uses bootstrap 4 and Angular CLI. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/dotnet-template-angular History 2019-09-23 Updated to ASP.NET Core 3.0, OIDC 10.0.8 2018-07-13 Removed static calls to the […]
Using an EF Core database for the IdentityServer4 configuration data
This article shows how to implement a database store for the IdentityServer4 configurations for the Client, ApiResource and IdentityResource settings using Entity Framework Core and SQLite. This could be used, if you need to create clients, or resources dynamically for the STS, or if you need to deploy the STS to multiple instances, for example […]
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