In this article I would present a discussion on implementing HTTP authentication in Web API with code examples to illustrate the concepts discussed.

How to implement basic password authentication for a minimal API in ASP.NET Core using a custom authentication handler that validates the user’s credentials against a database.

Traffic mirroring has evolved from a network security tool to a robust method for debugging and testing microservices using real-world data. By safely duplicating production traffic to a shadow ...

George who has developed against myraid web service API’s, observes that each one requires a different authentication mechanism.

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organization behind all web standards, has formally promoted the Web Authentication API to the title of official web standard. This promotion means the ...

The Web Authentication API makes it much easier for sites to manage login tokens, contributing to better security overall. Chrome picked up support ages ago, as did Firefox, and with this v17 live ...

The World Wide Web Consortium said on Tuesday that Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla are currently working to incorporate the new WebAuthn standard into their browsers. This will enable web-based ...