windows authentication login

[xke]

I have windows authentication mode enabled on my application.

If I access the website with localhost/mywebsite I get logged in
directly and LoginView control will display my account name.

When I access my application from another machine (ipaddress/
mywebsite) a login screen will pop up. Everything is fine if I enter
correct credentials but I would like users to be able to automaticaly
login from within the network without the login screen.

Any way to do that?
Thanks

 

[Peter Bradley]

How are you going to transmit your credentials to the remote Web server?
How does it know who you are unless you log in?


Peter

 

[xke]

Hi Peter,

I thought there may be a way once you're logged in into the network it
shouldn't check for your credentials again.

Thanks

 

[Peter Bradley]

Don't think so.

When you send a request for a page to a Web server, you do just that - you
send an HTTP request. What Windows authentication does for you, if I
understand it correctly, is to authenticate against Windows ACLs once the
required credentials have been supplied.

I'm not sure why it works on your local machine - possibly because the Web
server is allowing all calls from the local host. It would be interesting
to see what happens if a non-privileged user accessed the application
locally.

You might find this useful:

http://www.authenticationtutorial.com/tutorial/ntlm.htm


Peter