On smaller projects, maybe for internal usage, you want to protect a page with a username and password. Below is an easy way you can protect a page (or pages / folders) using a user and pass (kept in the web.config for easy access). This method uses forms authentication but doesn’t require a database or other source for user details since a single user is just stored in the web.config.

You’ll basically need to.

1. Create a login page (simple .aspx page)
2. Modify your web.config

 

Let’s start with your web.config. Below are the areas you’ll want to add: Continue reading “Simple Single Page / Single User Forms Authentication without DB – C#” →