CRV2 FrameworkSpecIssuesASPNet

ASP.NET Security

Securing web applications in ASP.NET requires an integration of configurations between the .NET framework and IIS. ASP.NET applications contains a web.config file where you can define many access and privileges for example, but they alone are not sufficient to protect the resources of your application. IIS plays a major role in protecting the website’s assets contained in it too. It is important to understand the interaction between these components in order to implement proper security

Integrating Authentication with IIS

Enable and configure the necessary type of authentication based on the security level required by your application. ASP.NET membership and ASP.NET login controls implicitly work with forms authentication.

The authentication methods used in IIS 7 are the following:

• Anonymous
• ASP.NET impersonation
• Basic
• Client certificate mapping,
• Digest
• Forms
• Windows Integrated Security (NTLM or Kerberos)

ASP.NET configuration works only for its resources. Keep in mind that if you need to configure access to resources of files contained in your application such as .txt, .gif, .jpg, these are done through the IIS permissions. For example, even though the ASP.NET resources in a directory might be forbidden by a Web.config file, users can still seethe files located in that directory if directory browsing is turned on and no other restrictions are in place.

Reference

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bwd43d0x%28v=vs.85%29.aspx