ASP.NET Security Terms

ASP.NET Security Terms

Authentication - Determining identity.

Authorization - Determining the rights and restrictions associated with an identity.

Confidentiality - Ensuring data is accessible to only those authorized.

Custom Authentication - When the authentication is implemented without using one the standard authentications; Windows, Forms or Passport

Forms Based Authentication -

Impersonation - Executing code in the context of another identity.

Integrity - Ensuring data has not been changed in an unauthorized manner.

Passport Based Authentication - Authentication is handle by Passport

Role Based Authorization - Authorization that uses Roles or Groups as intermediaries in assigning rights and restrictions.

Windows Based Authentication - Credentials are verified against windows accounts. Where possible the windows integrated log in form is used.