Using .NET 2.0 Profiles with Custom Authentication

[Mahesh Prasad]

Hi

When Profiling is enabled in ASP.NET 2.0, it automatically adds either
a WindowsIdentity or GenericIdentity object, depending on the
authentication type configured in web.config. If the user is anonymous
it creates a GUID and sets it as "UserName" and also adds
"IsAnonymous=true" in the SettingsContext .

We have an existing Authentication Service, which drops an "AUTH"
cookie once user is authenticated. And I want to use this cookie to
identify if an user is anonymous or authenticated. I did not find any
way to add this information (username and the IsAuthenticated flag)
into the Profile SettingsContext.

Is there a way to do it ?

Thanks
Mahesh