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Cookieless ASP.NET forms authentication

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25 Aug 20023 min read 536K   3.3K   114  
They say it is not possible to use cookieless forms authentication in .NET. Well it is, and relatively easy to accomplish!
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

namespace samplecookieless
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for login.
	/// </summary>
	public class login : System.Web.UI.Page
	{
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox TextBox1;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label Label1;
		protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button Button1;
	
		private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			// Put user code to initialize the page here
		}

		#region Web Form Designer generated code
		override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
		{
			//
			// CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
			//
			InitializeComponent();
			base.OnInit(e);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{    
			this.Button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.Button1_Click);
			this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

		}
		#endregion

		private void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			if(TextBox1.Text != "go")
			{
				Label1.Text = "Nononono! Type in \"go\", and press the button. The order DOES count! :)";
				return;
			}

			Session["cool"] = "piglet";

			//the auth is successfull, so send the user to the page
			Response.Redirect("default.aspx", true); 
		}
	}
}

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