Re: Forms Authentication using Xml File

From: Hernan de Lahitte (hernan_at_lagash.com)
Date: 01/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:12:17 -0300

Good tip Andrea.
Smita, if you need to usa a salted hash (a good thing to mitigate dic.
atcks), you might check this article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/08/SecurityBriefs/ 

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Hernan de Lahitte - MSDE
Lagash Systems S.A. - Buenos Aires, Argentina
http://www.lagash.com
"Andrea D'Onofrio [MSFT]" <andreado@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, try to check:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconusercredentialsfileusersxml.asp?frame=true
>
>
> HtH,
> Andrea
>
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> "smita" <smita@rarefind.com> wrote in message
> news:%23M5AyWO4DHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> >    May I know how can I use Forms Authentication without storing my
> > credentials information in web.Config but in some other Xml file of my
own
> .
> > Since I am creating users at runtime I need to store username and
> passwords
> > in a different xml file which i need to use to authenticate the users.
But
> > how do i inform Forms Authentication about this b'coz as far as i know
it
> > searches the credentials section in Web.Config file for authenticating
the
> > users.
> >
> > Any advice would be helpful.
> >
> > thanx,
> > smita.
> >
> >
> >
>
>