How To Configure Basic Authentication in IIS ?
The basic authentication requires using a valid
user name and password to access content. It supports all the browsers and it
also works for all proxy services and firewalls.
Types
of Proxies -
1. Transparent
Proxies
2. Anonymous
Proxies
3. Highly
anonymous Proxies
4. Socks
4 and 5 Proxies
5. DNS
Proxies
6. And
so on
Stayed Informed -
Basic Authentication in ASP.NET Web API
Steps
To use the UI -
1. Open
IIS Manager
2. Double
click Authentication Tab
3. Select
Basic Authentication
4. Click
to Enable to use Basic authentication with the default settings
5. Click
to Edit to type the default domain and realm.
6. In
the Edit Basic Authentication Settings dialog box, in the Default domain text
box, type a default domain or leave it blank.
7. In
the Realm text box, type a realm or leave it blank.
8. Click
OK to close the Edit Basic Authentication Settings dialog box.
Advantages
-
1. Internet
standard
2. Supported
by all major browsers
3. Relatively
simple protocol
Disadvantages
-
1. The
User credentials are sent in the every request as plaintext
2. There
are No way to log out except by closing the browser session
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