I have a simple web service whereby the security is handled via forms based authentication.
WCFTestService.ServiceClient myService = new
WCFTestService.ServiceClient();
myService.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "user";
myService.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "secret";
lblResult.Text = myService.GetData(1231);
myService.Close();
I'm accessing this via a web app. So I want to do the above once but for security/performance not have to do it again. I was thinking something like the the below but as I'm using FormsAuthentication this wont work...
//Obtain the authenticated user's Identity and impersonate the original caller
using (((WindowsIdentity)HttpContext.Current.User.Identity).Impersonate())
{
WCFTestService.ServiceClient myService2 = new WCFTestService.ServiceClient();
lblResult.Text = "From Logged On Credentials"+myService2.GetData(1231);
myService2.Close();
}
What you're trying to do is establish a "secure session" between your client and your service. This is a concept that will only work with the wsHttpBinding - so if you're not using that particular binding, it won't work.
To establish a secure session, you need to set a number of specific config properties in the client and server's config files - you can certainly find those settings by reading the docs (look for "establishSecurityContext") or check out Michele Leroux Bustumante's excellent WCF screencast on security fundamentals on MSDN.
But really: I wouldn't recommend trying to use secure session by all means. Under normal circumstances, using per-call services is the preferred option, and the overhead for re-authenticating with each service call is really negligable.
Marc
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I built a REST API using ASP.NET Web API 2, so I could deliver data from a backend database to my applications running on any platform (mobile, web, desktop etc) However up until now, I simply call the website with the controller I need data from and that's it, it sends back the JSON string in the response.
But, the data is kind of special, and there is nothing to prevent another developer from simply calling the controllers and getting back the exact same data and building their own application around it.
My question is - is there anyway to restrict access to the API so that only my applications can get valid response from the server. (i.e. prevent other developers from using my REST API)
I already read these documentation Security, Authentication, and Authorization in ASP.NET Web API I'm just not sure which of these scenarios apply to me, or if any will do what I am asking.
EDIT - Another piece of info, my web service is running on Azure in case it is relevant.
Did you happen to check token based authentication?Please go through https://stackoverflow.com/a/38670221/4868839 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMA69bVv0U8 must be a good to start with.
there are different way to validate your web api.
Authentication Filters in ASP.NET Web API 2
using you can customise your authentication filter
you can refer sample Reference link
Token Based Authentication using ASP.NET Web API 2, Owin, and Identity
//App_Start/Startup class
public void ConfigureAuth(IAppBuilder app)
{
OAuthAuthorizationServerOptions OAuthServerOptions = new OAuthAuthorizationServerOptions()
{
AllowInsecureHttp = true,
TokenEndpointPath = new PathString("/v1/accesstoken"),
AccessTokenExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromDays(AppConfiguration.AccessTokenExpireDuration),
Provider = new SampleOAuthProvider() // class that override your method
};
// Token Generation
app.UseOAuthBearerTokens(OAuthServerOptions);
}
You can find reference from inherits Default implementation of IOAuthAuthorizationServerProvider used by Authorization
i hope it sholud helps you thanks.
I'm working on a SaaS application built around ASP.net MVC & WebAPI and want to make it easy for enterprises to use my service. Example would be Office 365 Basic Authentication (Active Profile) where the user enters his username/password on microsoft's site (or desktop app) and he is authenticated against his employer's Active Directory. My understanding so far is that I would need to create a RP-STS which will accept credentials and then forward those to AD FS Proxy running on the client company's AD server. Is this correct?
If yes, then how do I implement this? Setting up AD server adding a Relying Party and AD FS Proxy Role is easy, so that's really not an issue. I just need to figure out how to create/setup RP-STS service and any other steps involved in this process. There just isn't an example/tutorial of this in .net
I believe this msdn blog post describes exactly what you're asking for. It has a complete walkthrough of the entire process, including creating an RP by creating a normal WCF service, and then use the provided utility to configure the service to trust your ADFS.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mcsuksoldev/archive/2011/08/17/federated-security-how-to-setup-and-call-a-wcf-service-secured-by-adfs-2-0.aspx
Edit:
This code, taken from the linked article (comments are mine), is a demonstration of active federation. The client application is manually retrieving a security token from the ADFS. Passive Federation would involve forwarding the user to a secure web page in which they could send their credentials directly to the ADFS. The major benefit of Passive Federation is that the end user's secret credentials are provided directly to the ADFS, and the RP's client side code never has access to it.
var requestTokenResponse = new RequestSecurityTokenResponse();
//The line below is the 'Active' federation
var token = Token.GetToken(#"mydomain\testuser", "p#ssw0rd", "http://services.testdomain.dev/wcfservice/Service.svc", out requestTokenResponse);
var wcfClient = new FederatedWCFClient<MyTestService.IService>(token, "WS2007FederationHttpBinding_IService"); // This must match the app.config
var client = wcfClient.Client as MyTestService.IService;
var result = client.GetData();
Console.WriteLine(result);
wcfClient.Close();
Take a look at these links:
https://github.com/OfficeDev/O365-WebApp-SingleTenant
https://github.com/OfficeDev/O365-WebApp-MultiTenant
It shows how to make an application using the office 365 api to authenticate and authorize the users.
Be aware about Single Tenant and Mult Tentant application, and choose the right one.
It's really easy to do that, I've done it couple months ago.
I found the answer on the blog: http://leandrob.com/2012/04/requesting-a-token-from-adfs-2-0-using-ws-trust-with-username-and-password/
What this code essentially does is that it directly authenticates with the tenant's ADFS endpoint and gets a token as well. That's what I was looking for.
var stsEndpoint = "https://[server]/adfs/services/trust/13/UsernameMixed";
var relayPartyUri = "https://localhost:8080/WebApp";
var factory = new WSTrustChannelFactory(
new UserNameWSTrustBinding(SecurityMode.TransportWithMessageCredential),
new EndpointAddress(stsEndpoint));
factory.TrustVersion = TrustVersion.WSTrust13;
// Username and Password here...
factory.Credentials.UserName.UserName = user;
factory.Credentials.UserName.Password = password;
var rst = new RequestSecurityToken
{
RequestType = RequestTypes.Issue,
AppliesTo = new EndpointAddress(relayPartyUri),
KeyType = KeyTypes.Bearer,
};
var channel = factory.CreateChannel();
SecurityToken token = channel.Issue(rst);
Another good article on that blog is: http://leandrob.com/2012/02/request-a-token-from-adfs-using-ws-trust-from-ios-objective-c-iphone-ipad-android-java-node-js-or-any-platform-or-language/ - which covers other similar scenarios.
I have a WebApi using Basic Auth nicely. And I have an MVC site using Forms Auth nicely. But here's the catch:
Client X has a dedicated database with any number of Contacts and Products. The MVC site is a dedicated site for them (via {clientId} routing), which allows their Contacts to log in (via Forms Auth) and place orders for their products. The Contact must be Form-ly logged in to place an order.
The product orders (need to) hit the WebApi to be recorded in the Client's database.
But since the WebApi uses Basic Auth to validate the Client, not the Contacts who placed the orders, every request comes back is 401 - Unauthorized.
I've checked out ThinkTecture as suggested by a number of posts here on SO, however it doesn't get me what I need because I'm not looking to allow Forms Auth in the WebApi. I don't want to authenticate the Contact from the Client's database in the WebApi, I want to authenticate the Client in the WebApi.
Has anyone come across a similar scenario and am I missing something glaringly obvious? Perhaps I need to implement both Forms and Basic on the site?
The very standard Api call I'm making from the site (where the UserName and Password are the Client's, not the Contact's):
var clientId = new Guid(RouteData.Values["clientId"].ToString());
var baseUrl = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ApiBaseAddress"];
var authHeader = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(String.Format("{0}:{1}", _shoppingCartSettings.UserName, _shoppingCartSettings.Password)));
var requestUrl = String.Format("api/{0}/inventory", clientId.ToString());
var httpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(baseUrl + requestUrl);
httpWebRequest.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.Authorization, "Basic " + authHeader);
httpWebRequest.Method = "GET";
httpWebRequest.Accept = "application/json";
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
try
{
using (var httpWebResponse = httpWebRequest.GetResponse())
{
// we never get here because of a 401
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
using (var httpWebResponse = ex.Response)
{
// we always get here
}
}
If I set up a separate test client and make the same call, it works great :/
Is your Web API under the same virtual directory and configuration as the MVC site? It looks like the Forms Auth HTTP module kicks in for your API, which you don't want. As long as you don't plan to call the API directly from the browser, move it to a separate virtual directory that is set up exclusively for basic auth, no forms auth module in the web.config for the API.
Why not have one login for your MVC site that has the ability to submit orders for every Client? It makes sense for your WebAPI to only allow Clients to submit orders for themselves. But I don't think it makes sense to have your MVC site authenticate as different Clients based on the Contact. Your MVC site would have to store the passwords for each Client.
Instead, create one login for the MVC site and give it the ability to submit an order for any Client.
After much banging of head against the not-so-proverbial wall, and a much needed shove by #0leg, I've discovered the cause.
In the Properties of my WebApi project file under Web > Servers, the Visual Studio Development Server was being used with a Virtual Path of "/", whereas my MVC project file was set up to use the Local IIS Web Server. The MVC project also had the Apply server settings to all users (store in project file) option checked.
Setting both to use the local IIS server resolved it.
Upon further contemplation, this now seems logical since they were essentially running on different servers.
Posting this for posterity's sake.
i have some code that tries impersonate the callers windows security settings and then connect to another WCF service on a different machine
WindowsIdentity callerWindowsIdentity = ServiceSecurityContext.Current.WindowsIdentity;
using (callerWindowsIdentity.Impersonate())
{
NetTcpBinding binding = new NetTcpBinding();
binding.Security.Mode = SecurityMode.Message;
binding.Security.Message.ClientCredentialType = MessageCredentialType.Windows;
EndpointAddress endpoint = new EndpointAddress(new Uri("net.tcp://serverName:9990/TestService1"));
ChannelFactory<WCFTest.ConsoleHost.IService1> channel = new ChannelFactory<WCFTest.ConsoleHost.IService1>(binding, endpoint);
WCFTest.ConsoleHost.IService1 service = channel.CreateChannel();
return service.PrintMessage(msg);
}
But I get the error:
"the caller was not authenticated by the service"
System.ServiceModel .... The request for security token could not be satisfied because authentication failed ...
The credentials I am trying to impersonate are valide windows credential for the box the service is on.
Any ideas why?
In order to support your scenario, you need to have an understanding of how Protocol Transition and Constrained Delegation work. You will need to configure both Active Directory and your WCF service endpoint(s) to support this. Note the use of the Service Principal Name (SPN). Take a look at the following link and see if they help you. The article has a sample to demonstrate the complete end-to-end configuration required to make this work.
How To: Impersonate the Original Caller in WCF Calling from a Web Application
Agree with marc_s this is the double-hop problem.
You need to get the windows authentication all the way through, therefore:
The request must be made in the context of a windows users
IIS must be configured to use windows authentication
Web.config must be set up for windows authentication with impersonate = true
The user that your application pool is running as, must be allowed to impersonate a user. This is the usual place where the double-hop problem occurs.
There is a right called "Impersonate a client after authentication"
http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/10/16/wmi-troubleshooting-impersonation-rights.aspx
Impersonation from you service to the next is a tricky issue, known as "double-hop" issue.
I don't have a final answer for that (I typically avoid it by using an explicit service account for the service that needs to call another service).
BUT: you should definitely check out the WCF Security Guidance on CodePlex and search for "Impersonation" - there are quite a few articles there that explain all the ins and outs of impersonating an original caller and why it's tricky.
Marc
If you are sure you have the credentials right on both hops, the next thing that could be causing the issue is the lack of the EndpointDnsIdentity being set on the endpoint.
DnsEndpointIdentity identity = new DnsEndpointIdentity("localhost"); // localhost is default. Change if your service uses a different value in the service's config.
Uri uri = new Uri("net.tcp://serverName:9990/TestService1");
endpoint = new EndpointAddress(uri, identity, new AddressHeaderCollection());
I am refactoring a working ASP.NET Web Application to expose Web Services interface using ASP.NET Web Service. According to Web Services authentication - best practices, Basic Auth over https is the way to go. Let's assume it is, as opposed to doing WS-Security, X509, etc..
On .NET 3.5/VS 2008, what's the simplest way of implementing custom http Basic Authentication (non-Windows account), for example, accepting only if user name is "foo" and password is "bar". Ultimately, I'd like Thread.CurrentPrincipal set.
Do I write my own HttpModule or can this be done simpler?
Likely using Custom Basic Authentication for IIS, written by Dominick Baier is the way to go. As he points out WCF 3.5's usernames over transport security cannot be used on IIS-hosted service, although my question was regarding ASP.NET Web Services not WCF.
There's another implementation of HTTP Module called Basic authentication in ASP.NET against custom datasource by Santosh Sahoo.
Although it's not what I wanted, I found QuickStart Tutorial's SOAP Headers sample to be informative workaround. Sending password in plain text over http is clearly insecure, but this example could be extended to add more security, for instance running on https or sending hash of "password + one-time GUID + timestamp".
Grab the value of the Authorization header, parse it and validate the username/password.
The value is username:password, encoded as a Base64 string.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication for details.
Edit: if you want this done for every request, using the custom auth scheme, then it would be easier to write an HttpModule to handle parsing the header and setting the thread's principal.
If you are considering WCF, you can use usernameOverTransport security for basicHttpBinding. i.e. username and passowrd reside in the SOAP header of the request and all the traffic are protected by SSL encryption over the wire.
A custom UserNamePasswordValidator validator can be used to authenticate the incoming credentials against e.g. database.
You can set the thread principal within a custom IAuthorizationPolicy in the service behavior.
e.g. Evaluate method implementation for IAuthorizationPolicy for setting current principal
public bool Evaluate(EvaluationContext evaluationContext, ref object state)
{
Object obj;
if( evaluationContext.Properties.TryGetValue( "Identities", out obj ))
{
// get the authenticated identity
IIdentity client = (obj as IList<IIdentity>)[0];
evaluationContext.Properties["Principal"] = ... // create principal obj here for the identity
// this will set thread's current principal
}
return true;
}