Ok, so last time we discussed the grand plan. The pie in the sky hopeful architecture to solve a distributed, and yet centralized authentication system that would allow us to combine the old and the new. This time we start actually solving the problem with examples and code. Let's take…
Modern web technologies all favor newer token based authentication schemes, and most newer web applications never have any need to know a user's information or passwords. This is fantastic if you are designing something new from the ground up. However, what if you have an existing web application that already…
There is a myriad of information about Single Sign-on solutions out there. You might hear terms like Federated Identity, Claims based Identity, token based authentication, and many more. So I am going to try to demystify some of this, and boil down what many complicate into simple terms. I am…
I want to talk about outsourcing. No, not that kind of outsourcing. More on a personal level. As developers we have a number of skills that allow us to take on and adapt to many different tasks in life. For example, I am pretty handy with general home improvement tasks…