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Wrapper API for using Microsoft Active Directory Services

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5 May 2005CPOL5 min read 482.1K   9.9K   163  
If you develop web applications with Microsoft® ASP.NET and have the need to secure your site from unauthorized access, you have surely investigated the various authentication and authorization techniques that ASP.NET 1.x enables. This article discusses how to use Microsoft Active Directory Services
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