What is Forms authentication?

[chinmay]

Enables you to identify users with a custom database such as an ASP.NET membership database. Alternatively you can implement your own custom database. Once authenticated you can reference the roles the user is in to restrict access to portions of your Web site.

[Shivangi Panwar]

Forms authentication lets you authenticate users by using your own code and then maintain an authentication token in a cookie or in the page URL. Forms authentication participates in the ASP.NET page life cycle through the Forms Authentication Module class. You can access forms authentication information and capabilities through the Forms Authentication class.

[educaindia358]

Form-based authentication is a term of art in the context of Web- and Internet-based online networked computer systems. In general, it refers to the notion of a user being presented with an editable "form" to fill in and submit in order to log in to some system or service.

[Krishnabangla]

Form-based authentication is a term of art in the context of Web- and Internet-based online networked computer systems. In general, it refers to the notion of a user being presented with an editable "form" to fill in and submit in order to log in to some system or service.

[jackar56]

Forms authentication system uses the default membership and role system in ASP.NET. Configuration of membership and role providers is done in web.config file for the website. The EPiServer sample sites have a number of predefined users, groups and roles, both for managing editorial content as well as for administering the e-commerce tasks.

[ziya.pathan]

Forms-based authentication is an ASP.NET authentication service that enables applications to provide their own logon UI and do their own credential verification. ASP.NET authenticates users, redirects unauthenticated users to the logon page, and performs all the necessary cookie management. This sort of authentication is a popular technique used by many Web sites.