Different ways to get WindowsIdentity with impersonation in aspnet app

Question

The app is running using impersonation and windows authentication. What is the difference of what i've got in the three cases?

• System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity as WindowsIdentity

• WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()

• ((HttpContext) context).User.Identity as WindowsIdentity

Answer 1

Here you have all the different posibilites. In your case you'll get the same for all 3 (Domain\UserName)