• An ASP.NET Web Form though run on server can contain client side script such as JavaScript or Jscript

An ASP.NET Web Form first gets compiled into Intermediate Language (IL) and later to machine language. Not just server-side code gets compiled but every control and element in page gets compiled. This enables ASP.NET Web Form to be in any language that is compatible with Common Language Runtime (CLR) engine. Another advantage with code getting translated to IL is that user can use application in any browser. In addition, you can reduce processors and server’s load when you compile ASP.NET Web Forms in ASP.NET, thereby, increasing user’s productivity time. Thus ASP.NET allows you to create Web Forms that are platform independent, language independent, and browser independent.

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To restrict access to users for certain resources of an application, a process of identifying users becomes a necessity. Authentication enables to restrict a user to access resources by certain ways. It could be a combination of a username and password, a digital certificate, a smart card or a fingerprint reader. The validity of information provided by user helps identify user, so that user is provided access to requested resources. The process of successful identification of user implies that user is authenticated.

After identification of user is over, next step is to determine whether authenticated user has access to resources. The process of determining access to resources for a particular user is known as Authorization. In Windows based systems, resources have an Access Control List, which provides a list of users who have access to that resource. The list also specifies kind of access such as read, write, modify, and delete resource, for each user. For example, if a user requests an ASP page, operating system checks whether user has Read access to page and if user has read permission, then operating system allows IIS to fetch page. The IIS has authorization settings which enable IIS to control access of resources by users. File Access Control Lists are set for a given file or directory using Security tab in Explorer property page.

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