What is impersonation in ASP.NET?
- By default, ASP.NET executes in the security context of a restricted user account on the local machine.
- However, at times it becomes necessary to access network resources which require additional permissions.
- This can be done away with using impersonation. ASP.NET can then execute the request using the identity of the client making the request.
- ASP.NET can also impersonate a specific account you specify in web.config.
What is impersonation in ASP.NET?
- Impersonation is a technique to access application resources using the identity of some other user.
- By default, Impersonation is off.
To enable impersonation:<identity impersonate="true" userName="domain name\username" password="password"/>
