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Asp.net FormsAuthentication UserName, ID, GUID

We are using FormsAuthentication with custom MembershipProvider and custom RolePrivoder. For our Users we have a unique UserName, ID (mssql auto-key) and a GUID (all three unique).

I'm not sure which one to use for the Formsauthentication:

FormsAuthentication.GetAuthCookie(userName, false);

UserName, ID or GUID. Can we even store all three informations as UserData in the FormsTicket.

Per Default Asp.net takes the UserName (e.g. E-Mail adress). But I think UserName is a little bit weak if it is stored on the client. A MSSQL Auto-Key also.

So what is the securest way?

Solution

  • You can serialize and encrypt your UserData object to a string and use that for the cookie.

    I answered a similar question about that here: Store user data in MVC 2