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user4815703
user4815703

Reputation:

Creating C# Authentication using Forum DB at remote website?

I cant seem to find the relevant resource for learning this. I am trying to achieve a simple login for my C# application where users will be required to authenticate to use the application, and such the users account level would determine what can be accessed inside the app.

Lets say i have a forum and i want my users to authenticate via the application using the forum credentials, is this possible? what should i know about Security and how is this accomplished?

My thoughts would be i should be able to authenticate using some kind of SQL library? though i am new to C# so i might not be on the right track here.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 30

Answers (1)

Remus Rusanu
Remus Rusanu

Reputation: 294307

To authenticate with a web site (forum) you need something like OAuth, see this guide for example. The website needs to provide OAuth.

Authenticating with a web site that was not explicitly designed to support an app client is not really possible, at least not correctly.

Upvotes: 1

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