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C# User Authentication with ASP.NET Identity Adding User Registration Reviewing User Registration

Posted by Hakim Rachidi
Hakim Rachidi
38,490 Points

How does the Request.IsAuthenticated know whether the userName is still in the database

Is there any connection between the cookie middleware component and the identity components to check whether the cookie relates to an active user account in the context

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

I believe that the database is only used during log on, and once a user has an authenticated session removing them from the membership database will have no effect on the current session.

To insure that removing a user also ends open sessions, a server reset should be performed at the same time.

Hakim Rachidi
Hakim Rachidi
38,490 Points

But is the connection between identity components and the cookie creation components made implicitly or can we change it?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

I would expect both, but I cannot imagine any valid reason to change it.