December 28, 2011 – Knowledgebase

Solving: Windows Authentication fails, when using a host header and accessing IIS on the local box.

28 December, 2011 Roel van Lisdonk 0 Comments Uncategorized 11:12

If you are developing an ASP .NET website that uses Windows Authentication and add a host header in IIS to the ASP .NET web application, accessing the site on the local box, might not work.…

Solving: HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name is empty, when using Windows Authentication.

28 December, 2011 Roel van Lisdonk 1 Comment Uncategorized 11:02

If you want to use Windows Authentication in your ASP .NET website, you need to add the <authentication mode="Windows"/> tag in the Web.config. <system.web> <authentication mode="Windows"/> If the HttpContext.Current.user.Identity.Name is still empty. Check the authentication…

Day: December 28, 2011

Solving: Windows Authentication fails, when using a host header and accessing IIS on the local box.

Solving: HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name is empty, when using Windows Authentication.