ASP.NET MVC5 has some wonderful improvements specifically around authentication. This includes new Authentication filter, Authentication options, and ASP.NET Identity management. We’ll take a look at the new authentication filters and how to use these to make authentication decisions.
However, at this stage, ASP.NET MVC does not provide any built-in authentication filters, but it offers you a framework to easily create your own custom authentication filters.
The new authentication filter provides a great way to customize authentication within ASP.NET MVC application. This provides a clear separation between authentication and authorization filters.
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