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AnswerUser authentication suggestions

  • Monday, April 28, 2008 2:36 PMNed K Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi,

    I'm currently exploring possibilities for the next iteration of a desktop app that I produce. I want to add some sort of user authentication to the application with remote validation of a username/password (or similar). Users would have varying privilidges for what they can do in the app, so information on those would also have to be able to be communicated during the user authentication.

    Something like:

    1. Client/Desktop application
    2. Remote/Server storage of user account information (authenticaiton)
    3. Access control in the software based on 1 & 2

    Anyone have any suggestions?

    In the past I've done similar things just using a mysql database combined with calls to php scripts from inside my application,  very much a roll it myself approach. I've mainly done it this way in the past because mysql/php are both things I'm quite familiar with.

    What other approaches should I explore? What capabilities of WPF can I utilize for this particular aspect of an application? I'm completely starting afresh with this, so am willing to try just about anything. Figured it'd likely been done a million times before so here's hoping other people can save me making some of the mistakes they've made.

    Cheers,

    Ned.
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  • Monday, April 28, 2008 3:41 PMGomata Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hello you may have look to asp.net membership that can be used in a desktop application.

     

    http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163807.aspx

    http://www.theproblemsolver.nl/usingthemembershipproviderinwinforms.htm

    http://msmvps.com/blogs/theproblemsolver/archive/2006/01/15/81140.aspx

     

    You can also search the web for Asp.net forms authentication.

     

    Good luck

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  • Monday, April 28, 2008 4:06 PMKeithCM Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Check out Client Application Services.

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    Keith

     

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