Simply put, IIdentity is WHO you are... IPrincipal is what you can do... You can be identified as someone without having any particular role in an application... think about a Intranet application where you are automatically logged in via Windows Integrated Authentication. In this case, you have an IIdentity calling our your login credentials. However, unless you are recognized by that specific intranet application, you may not have an IPrinicipal...
Marc On Dec 11, 2007 12:28 AM, Miika Mäkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm having hard time understanding what is the purpose of IPrincipal and > IIdentity. Why are these 2 separate interfaces? To me it just complicates > matters... Does anybody know of a good article explaining... > > > Cheers, > Miika > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com > -- "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination." Andrew Lang Marc C. Brooks http://musingmarc.blogspot.com
