I'm new to web security so I don't want to implement my own. I plan to use SimpleMembership via the VS2012 template for an ASP.NET MVC Internet Application. The problem is that I need to pass the data via a Web API.
I plan to use basic authentication for my Web API, so I just need to pass username/pass in the http headers. I can intercept the message using Thinktecure.IdentityModel. Here's an example that uses ASP.NET Membership:
authConfig.AddBasicAuthentication((userName, password) =>
Membership.ValidateUser(userName, password));
I can replace Membership.ValidateUser with my own bool function. I've successfully queried my custom database with username/password and everything worked fine. However, I'm using the template's user database because I DON'T want to store string (or even encoded) passwords.
I am unclear on how to manually validate the credentials using the SimpleMembership's database. I can grab a UserProfile, but can't figure out how to check the profile's password.
UserProfile user = context.UserProfiles.Find(1);
==OUTPUT==
user
UserId: 1
UserName: "bob"
Do you know how I can check if an inputted password matches that of an existing user?
Thanks for your help!