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HongyanShen
HongyanShen

Reputation: 1535

What is the relationship between OpenId Connect and IdentityServer and Identity?

I am confused with AspNetCore Identity,OpenId Connect and IdentityServer4. What is the relationship between them,and what is the suitable occasion for each of them?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 420

Answers (1)

leastprivilege
leastprivilege

Reputation: 18482

  • OpenID Connect is a specification (an authentication protocol).
  • IdentityServer4 is an implementation of an OpenID Connect provider (server-side)
  • ASP.NET Core Identity is a user-management library (over a database). It can be used by an ASP.NET Core application to create users, verify password etc.

OpenID Connect providers using IdentityServer4 are ASP.NET Core applications, so they can use ASP.NET Core Identity to authenticate users on the login page.

Upvotes: 8

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