Preventing double-app-loading behaviour with ADAL.js

26th of May, 2018 / / No Comments

Microsoft’s JavaScript implementation of its Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL.js) allows for some great client-side-only Single Page App (SPA) scenarios.
Unfortunately (as with most things auth-related), there are some gotcha’s to be aware of. One relates to how ADAL obtains refresh tokens in this crazy world of implicit auth.

Implicit Auth Flow

Implicit auth allows for the application developer to not have to host their own token authentication service. The ADAL.js and the Azure AD auth endpoint do all the heavy lifting:

It’s the bottom third of the diagram (after the token expires) that causes the issue I am addressing in this post.… [Keep reading] “Preventing double-app-loading behaviour with ADAL.js”

Implementing HTTP Request Handler on ASP.NET Core Applications

24th of November, 2016 / / 2 Comments

ASP.NET WebForm or MVC applications rely on global.asax to process HTTP request pipelines. Within global.asax, each HTTP request goes through declared HTTP modules and HTTP handlers based on events. On the other hands, ASP.NET Core applications use OWIN middlewares. Actually, those middlewares now take care of what HTTP modules and HTTP handlers do. In this post, we are going to implement an HTTP request handler on a ASP.NET Core application.

Why Does It Matter?

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