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Securing an ASP.NET application requires a clear understanding of all the security options provided in ASP.NET, and how all the various security subsystems interact.

This section briefly covers what you should know about the security features in ASP.NET, and how they can be used to address security issues in Web applications.

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How ASP.NET Security Works Provides an overview of ASP.NET security.	Designing Secure ASP.NET Applications Describes how to create ASP.NET applications with incorporated security.
ASP.NET Authentication Describes ASP.NET authentication providers.	ASP.NET Membership Describes the membership features introduced in ASP.NET 2.0 that provide a practical solution for user authentication.
ASP.NET Authorization Describes two fundamental ways to authorize access to a resource.	ASP.NET Roles Describes the role management features introduced in ASP.NET 2.0 that provide a practical solution for authorizing access to authenticated users.

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ASP.NET Security Architecture Provides an overview of ASP.NET infrastructure and subsystem relationships, as related to security.	ASP.NET Security Data Flow Describes the security data flow for two common scenarios.
ASP.NET Configuration Describes how to configure an ASP.NET application.

System.Security Namespace   System.Web.Security Namespace