Monday, February 15, 2010

What is difference between form authentication and window authentication?

Following are difference between windows authentication and form authentication:-
1)    Widows authentication uses windows accounts whereas forms authentication maintains its own user lists.
2)    Windows authentication best suited for the application which is meant for corporate users whereas form authentication is preferable for the applications which have diversified users from several places.
3)    User lists for windows authentication are found in <authorization> element whereas in case of form authentication, lists are there in <credential> element of web.config file.

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