I am starting to write an ASP.NET 2.0 web based application. For
authorization we'd like to use the existing userids and passwords in our
Active Directory. We cannot use Windows integrated security becauses users
will be accessing our application from the intra AND internet net ...

We use software that hashes passwords with the algorithm below but I have
been unable to duplicate the results with VB.NET, I'm not even sure that it
is possible. I can get a consistent hash back but it's not the same as what
this code produces (I'm told it is Microsoft C++ using ...

First I apologize by my english not being so good. Anyways here I go:
The scenario consists on a Web application being accessed by determined
users which should redirect to a ASP page providing other User credentials.
On this manner, when any user with Credentials_1 browses my app, ...

I want to use impersonation to call a COM object on a remote machine. I
have copied the code from this example:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306158#XSLTH31671211231
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To create the object, I first do a Type.GetTypeFromProgID(clsid,server)

Any body can provide me asp .net source codes for authentication against the
active directory ??
regards
alan yeo

I need help figuring out what I'm doing wrong in this application I'm
writing.  In this application I create a new appdomain and load another
managed .dll (implements a HelloWorld class) and calling a function in this
new class that prints out all the evidence of its application ...

A problem of security:
From a vb.net form I created the chance to add an SQL Server user with role
as administrator.
To create it, username and password are retrieved from two text box and then

I have some simple VB code that subclasses a base class from another
assembly.  The base class exposes an IDataReader via a protected field
named m_data.
When VB compiles the subclass, it has no problem accessing m_data from

Is there a similar tool for win2k?
Any clue will be appreciated.
Peter

Is it possible to retrieve a list of Roles for a user with only a Username
in ASP.NET?  I have searched and searched and continually come across using
System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity object.  When I supply a UPN
(domain\user or user@domain.com), I'm handed a "Unable to ...

I have an application that wants to implement its own security model on its
own objects.
I have a list of usernames that have access to the internal object.
From the username, I can perfrom a lookup in Active Directory of the user

I'm having a problem trying to access an AzMan (Authorization Manager) XML
store from a process running as a Win32 service.
I get a  "System.ArgumentException: The parameter is incorrect" thrown from
AZROLESLib.AzAuthorizationStoreClass.Initialize().

Can I please have a very small code snippet to convert byte[] to string and
back using Base64? Advance thanks.

I am building a new W2K IIS6 server to handle asp.net pages.  Is it still
necessary to manuall install the security patch to protect against
canonicalization exploits as described in KB887289, or is this handled with
windows/microsoft update now?

I setup a intranet application based on windows integrated
authentication .
windows integrated authentication checked in IIS
and anonymous access unchecked.