I didn't know where else to post this.  If this isn't the right group, could
somebody point me in the right direction?
We are using the HttpWebRequest object within a winform app to connect to a
vendor.  This vendor requires us to perform some validation on the client

Ok I admit to being new at this and having problems getting my head around IIS.
So if you can help me I will much appreciate it.  I have a login page with a hyperlink on it that directs to a page for new users to enter their details.  When you click on it the the browser does not ...

I have a few pages which authenticate a user to our site.
Checking a login and password with syntax as below:
  Dim entry As New DirectoryEntry(_path, domainAndUsername, PWD)
My problem is I can only do this if I elevate the anonymous user to

I'm trying to play with impersonation.  I added an identity tag both with and without the userName/password attributes and I get this error on my workstation
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Error while trying to run project: unable to ...

How I can issue web forms authentification cookie that can be used by both applications located on same server(server wide asp.net cookie)?I've one users' domain but asp.net encrypts .ASPXAUTH cookies differently for these two applications
What can I do with it?

We have a intranet site that allows one of our departments to search a set
of pdfs and then look at them.  Only problem is that only they and us geeks
should be allowed to see the pdfs.  We have it locked down except for when a
person directly types in the url to a pdf.  Currently, ...

How to exclude an aspx page from the Forms authentication of a asp.net web application. It means when ever user requests for that page it should not redirect the request to a logon page to collect credentials.
I have forgot password page which needs to be accessed by the user ...

I am developing my ASP.NET application with VS and the ASP.NET server
on the same box. When I attempt to access protected (in web.config)
pages locally, inside or outside of VS, it incorrectly lets me in
without asking me to log in. On a remote box, it behaves correctly. I

I am quite new to asp.net and have been following an example of using
Forms authentication on a web app.
I believe that i have coded this OK but when i enter the username and
password I do not get redirected to the start page (webform1.aspx)

We have a requirement to process "digitally signed" XML-based software licenses using an ASP.NET web site, hosted on an ISP server. I read an excellent article (http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/xmldsiglic.asp) describing how to produce key-pairs, create a key container and then ...

I'm sure the answer to this is trivial, but I don't know it yet...
I have a ASP.NET app which I want to test across my local network, and I
know I can just do
\\<compname>\<appdir>

I am trying to add a user to a group in Active Directory using
System.Directory
Services
But when I CommitChanges() I get the following exeption:

I have a web site that uses normal windows authentication.
I have a web service on the site that i want to configure Forms
Authentication for, but it obviously doesn't fire unless i change the
setting in web.config.  is it possible to use formsAuthentication only for

I saw several posts asking for reverse encryption (encrypt with
private key instead of public key) in .NET. I am having the same
question and wonder anybody has a good solution to it.
Basically, my client application generates a key pair and exports the

How do you add new users programatically using Forms Authentication in
ASP.Net?  There must be a way to do this besides editing the
web.config file by hand or attempting to modify the web.config file
using an XmlDataDocument.