ASP.Net MVC3 user authentication tutorials - asp.net-mvc-3

I'm currently working as a developer on a website, and it's more or less my first time doing any sort of web development. We're currently at a stage that we need to do user authentication, but I have absolutely no idea how I can accomplish this.
To that end I've tried to do some googling and searching on SO, but my google-fu is currently failing me.
Are there any tutorials that can take me from knowing nothing about authentication, to being to set up some secure authentication on my website?
We're developing this under MVC3 with Razor view engine, if it helps at all.

I would say here is a good starting point. The fact that it's MVC3 isn't really going to change anything (i.e., the Razor view engine doesn't change anything about authentication in MVC)

Take a look at the ASP.NET MVC Music Store example application, specifically Part 7.

what ErOx posted + here is sample implementation of custom MembershipProvider

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Host an ASP.NET Core MVC application in an Azure Function

I have tried searching for this online, but could not find an approach that works. There are a few helpful links to host a Web API but nothing related to a full fledged MVC app that consists of Controllers and Views. Azure currently does not have built in support for this. Hence, wondering if this is something doable.
It is possible to achieve this through the use of Custom Handlers. This blog post goes into further detail on how to create a custom handler. Do note that this feature is currently in preview so support is limited.

Sitecore 7.2 | Drawbacks of using MVC and Web Forms in the same site built with MVC

Question : Downside of using Web forms and MVC in same sitecore instance.
Current Situation : We have a Sitecore 7.2 instance developed using MVC and Glass Mapper. We want to reuse existing component which is already developed in Web Forms using the same sitecore version that we are currently using. What we have done so far: To achieve this we did a small POC and were able to achieve the same. We referred below link at Git to achieve this POC We found few blogs where people have done this but always say that it may not work all the time (and not highlighted which scenarios they fail). What are the drawbacks or possible difficulties that we could face doing this ?.It will be helpful if you can highlight as For example :Workflow does not work or personalization does not work etc. Thanks
I am currently running a Sitecore 7.2 instance with both WebForms and MVC (we actually went the other way- our old code is Webform and with a recent redeisgn we moved to MVC) and its doable, but kind of messy.
The biggest issues we've run into have been when we want to display webform and mvc content on the same page, or have the two code bases communicate in any way. Attempting to have renderings calling both webform and mvc code on the same page was disaster. Likewise trying to have webform-only pages communicate with mvc-only pages (eg. building out submenues, getting field values, etc).
In a way, what ended up happening with us was we had essentially two sites - the webforms and mvc versions - and the two never really merged well together. Our project plan was to move off of Webforms to full MVC, so we accepted this as a reality. I'm not sure how well a permanent mvc-webform crossover solution would work, to be honest.
We had some good luck using the following resources: https://www.packtpub.com/books/content/mixing-aspnet-webforms-and-aspnet-mvc
http://www.sitecore.net/Learn/Blogs/Technical-Blogs/John-West-Sitecore-Blog/Posts/2012/06/Using-Web-Forms-and-MVC-in-a-Single-Solution-with-the-Sitecore-ASPNET-CMS.aspx
It's been messy for us, lots of time keeping pages and code apart, and we are planning on cutting out webforms completely in the near future and going full-mvc. But running both is very doable.

MVC5 to use custom membership or my own implemenation?

I'm starting a new project and intending(I actually started implementation) to use MVC 5 and most recent microsoft technologies. In my DB, I have my own table to manage user accounts and storing passwords and I have no problem or complexity doing that.
But(and there always but), most tutorials I see on MVC use .NET Membership. Every tutorial I read to learn about the new fetures is using it. This gives me a feeling that I should too be using it or at least write a custom implementation of it.
Am I looking to it wrongly? Am I missing something here? Do I need to take the development process little bit slower?
I really confused and I'm not sure which path to take specially I'm still at the start of my project.
I would suggest using Asp Identity 2 which replaces the old Asp Membership, with the account functionality scaffolded when you create a new MVC 5 Web application. It gives you heaps of functionality straight out of the box.
Of course, it depends on your requirements, but this is a pretty robust way to get started. It easily allows you to intergrate other OAuth providers like Facebook etc.
Here are some helpful resources:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/06/27/introducing-asp-net-identity-membership-system-for-asp-net-applications.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/10/16/customizing-profile-information-in-asp-net-identity-in-vs-2013-templates.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj200620.aspx
You can map your current user table to the IdentityUser if they follow the same structure.
http://coderdiaries.com/2014/01/29/custom-table-names-for-asp-net-identity/

Asp.net mvc3 web site extension

Want to implement this feature but how?
We know that stack overflow has been written in asp.net mvc3 from what was stack overflow built with? .
When i am here i have never noticed .aspx extension in URL, but it should be there as all asp.net web site has it. it may be the silly point to ask. but i am very curious to know how to exactly hide the extension for asp.net web site.
In ASP.NET MVC you can map routes; which basically means you can map any incoming request to a URL to a given action...Take a look here to find out more.
You must read about URL Rewriting
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972974.aspx
or use this rewrite software
http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/
Another good blog on the same can be accessed at
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx
If you are using ASP.NET 4.0 you might consider going through
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/77199/URL-Routing-with-ASP-NET-4-0

asp.net mvc 3.0 Global Filter for SSL pages

I’m in the process of creating a new C# asp.net mvc 3.0 project.
The web site will hold some public pages (such as: Home, about us, contact us, etc…) and hold some SSL enabled pages (such as: Login, Forgotpassword, Signup, in addition to all the pages in the application that the user will see after a successful authentication).
I’m curious to hear your thoughts (an opinion), before deciding on a particular approach.
I was thinking of using the Global Filter approach provided in MVC 3.0 in order to verify what are the pages being accessed…if the user is accessing public pages them make sure he’s in http:// if the user is accessing an SSL page then make sure it prints out the https://
Would the Global Filter approach be appropriate for what I’m trying to achieve?
Is there a good blog post for MVC 3.0 with such thing? (Currently googling).
Feel free to show me how or even propose an alternative.
Thanks
Sincerely
Vince
I believe this is what you are looking for...
http://weblogs.asp.net/jeffwids/archive/2010/08/19/how-to-switch-between-http-and-https-in-asp-net-mvc2.aspx

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