Implement Cookie Authentication in ASP.NET Core

If you have been working with ASP.NET Core, you are probably aware of ASP.NET Core Identity. ASP.NET Core Identity is a full-fledged framework to secure your websites. It comes with a lot of features such as external logins and Json Web Tokens (JWT) support. Ay times, however, you need something that is simple and gives you total control on various aspects of implementation such as data store and account manageemnt. That is where ASP.NET Core's Cookie Authentication can come handy. In this article you will learn what Cookie Authentication is and how to configure it to secure your websites.

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