Forms based authentication pointing at a different URL

[Scott Vercuski]

Everyone,

I have a question about forms based authentication. Can the
loginURL point at a different server than the current one?

Example: A typical forms based authentication line in a web.config
<authentication mode = "Forms">
<forms name="ProgAspNetCookie" loginURL="/login.aspx">
</authentication>

can I do something like ....

<authentication mode = "Forms">
<forms name="ProgAspNetCookie"
loginURL="http://www.somewhereelse.com/login.aspx">
</authentication>

and have it return an authentication cookie that I'm currently
using?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Scott Vercuski

[Chris Jackson]

You can't access a cookie from another web site, so you wouldn't be able to
offload this to another site.

[url]http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html[/url]

However, you could set up a system whereby you post back and authenticate
using another mechanism, much like Passport does. It just wouldn't be forms
authentication with all of the built-in support for it.

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP
Windows XP Associate Expert
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"Scott Vercuski" <svercuski@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Everyone,
>
> I have a question about forms based authentication. Can the
> loginURL point at a different server than the current one?
>
> Example: A typical forms based authentication line in a web.config
> <authentication mode = "Forms">
> <forms name="ProgAspNetCookie" loginURL="/login.aspx">
> </authentication>
>
> can I do something like ....
>
> <authentication mode = "Forms">
> <forms name="ProgAspNetCookie"
> loginURL="http://www.somewhereelse.com/login.aspx">
> </authentication>
>
> and have it return an authentication cookie that I'm currently
> using?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Scott Vercuski