Tag Archives: Security
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 […]
Using a strong nonce based CSP with Angular
This article shows how to use a strong nonce based CSP with Angular for scripts and styles. When using a nonce, the overall security can be increased and it is harder to do XSS attacks or other type of attacks in the web UI. A separate solution is required for development and production deployments. Code: […]
Implement a secure web application using Vue.js and an ASP.NET Core server
This article shows how to implement a secure web application using Vue.js and ASP.NET Core. The web application implements the backend for frontend security architecture (BFF) and deploys both technical stack distributions as one web application. HTTP only secure cookies are used to persist the session. Microsoft Entra ID is used as the identity provider […]
ASP.NET Core authorization using Entra External ID CIAM and Azure AD security groups
This article looks at implementing authorization in Microsoft Entra External ID for customers (CIAM) using Azure AD delegated roles. The roles can be assigned to users or groups in an Azure Enterprise application. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/EntraExternalIdCiam Blogs in this series In Azure AD it has been possible to use roles with users and groups to implement […]
Application security context models
This article looks at a new concept for creating application security context models for modern solutions using best practice security. By using security context models in projects, a qualitative and secure authentication solution can be produced quicker and more efficient. At present, too many solution architects try to patch the security architecture after the application […]
Use a gateway service for a software UI with micro services architecture?
In this post, I would like to look at some of the advantages and disadvantages of using an implemented gateway service to process all UI API requests, optimize the business and remove some of the complexity from the user interface application. Setup with UI using APIs directly Modern public facing applications APIs used by UI […]
Improving application security in an ASP.NET Core API using HTTP headers – Part 3
This article shows how to improve the security of an ASP.NET Core Web API application by adding security headers to all HTTP API responses. The security headers are added using the NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders Nuget package from Andrew Lock. The headers are used to protect the session, not for authorization. The application uses Microsoft.Identity.Web to authorize the […]
Improving application security in Blazor using HTTP headers – Part 2
This article shows how to improve the security of an ASP.NET Core Blazor application by adding security headers to all HTTP Razor Page responses (Blazor WASM hosted in a ASP.NET Core hosted backend). The security headers are added using the NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders Nuget package from Andrew Lock. The headers are used to protect the session, not […]
The authentication pyramid
This article looks at the authentication pyramid for signing into different applications. I only compare flows which have user interaction and only compare the 2FA, MFA differences. A lot of incorrect and aggressive marketing from large companies are blurring out the differences so that they can sell their products and so on. When you as […]
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