Forms Authentication using Xml File

[smita]

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.

[Andrea D'Onofrio [MSFT]]

Yes, try to check:
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconusercredentialsfileusersxml.asp?frame=true[/url]


HtH,
Andrea

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"smita" <smita@rarefind.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>
>

[Hernan de Lahitte]

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

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Hernan de Lahitte - MSDE
Lagash Systems S.A. - Buenos Aires, Argentina
[url]http://www.lagash.com[/url]



"Andrea D'Onofrio [MSFT]" <andreado@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, try to check:
>

[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconusercredentialsfileusersxml.asp?frame=true[/url]

>
>
> HtH,
> Andrea
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no

rights.

>
> "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.
> >
> >
> >

>
>