Introduction
Welcome to IPWorks Auth, a suite of secure client authorization and authentication components. The easy-to-use components allow you to embed secure user authentication into your web, desktop, and mobile applications, providing users access to protected application and service data. The library supports OAuth, NTLM, RADIUS, Kerberos, SAML, LDAP, Certificate Management, and more.
lib\net40\nsoftware.IPWorksAuth.dll is designed for use in .NET Framework 4.0 and up. This library maintains a familiar API in line with previous versions of the product.
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lib\net6.0\nsoftware.IPWorksAuth.dll is designed for use in .NET 6 and up. The .NET 6 library provides cross-platform support while maintaining the same API as the .NET Framework version of the library.
Support for asynchronous programming patterns (async/await) is exposed in a separate nsoftware.async.IPWorksAuth namespace. See the Async Functionality page for details.
lib\netstandard2.0\nsoftware.IPWorksAuth.dll is designed for use in .NET Standard 2.0 and up. The .NET Standard library provides cross-platform support for legacy projects.
| ActiveDirectory | The ActiveDirectory component can be used to authenticate users against Active Directory using Kerberos 5.0. |
| CertMgr | The CertMgr component is used to create, read, and manage certificates. |
| JWT | Create, Sign, Encrypt, Verify and Decrypt JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). |
| Kerberos | The Kerberos component can be used to authenticate users using Kerberos 5.0. |
| LDAP | The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Component is used to search, manage, and maintain internet directory servers. |
| NTLM | The NTLM component provides a simple API to create the required tokens for NTLM authentication. |
| OAuth | The OAuth component is used to authorize a client and provide an authorization string used in future requests. |
| OCRA | The OCRA component implements the OATH Challenge-Response Algorithm. |
| OpenID | The OpenID component is used to verify the identify of a user as well as get basic profile information. |
| OTP | The OTP component allows creation of single use passwords. |
| RADIUS | The RADIUS component provides an easy way to authenticate users. |
| SSHAuth | The SSHAuth component provides a simple way to authenticate a user against an SSH server. |
Additional Information
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Thank You!
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