FormsAuthentication.Encrypt Method (System.Web.Security)

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.NET Framework Class Library

FormsAuthentication..::.Encrypt Method

Creates a string containing an encrypted forms-authentication ticket suitable for use in an HTTP cookie.

Namespace: System.Web.Security
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Function Encrypt ( _
    ticket As FormsAuthenticationTicket _
) As String

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim ticket As FormsAuthenticationTicket
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(ticket)

public static string Encrypt(
    FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket
)

Visual C++

public:
static String^ Encrypt(
    FormsAuthenticationTicket^ ticket
)

JScript

public static function Encrypt(
    ticket : FormsAuthenticationTicket
) : String

Parameters

ticket: Type: System.Web.Security..::.FormsAuthenticationTicket
The FormsAuthenticationTicket object with which to create the encrypted forms-authentication ticket.

Return Value

Type: System..::.String
A string containing an encrypted forms-authentication ticket.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	ticket is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following code example stores the result of the Encrypt method in a cookie by using the FormsCookieName property and redirects the user to the URL returned from the GetRedirectUrl method.

Security Note:
This example contains a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

Visual Basic

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Private Sub Login_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

    ' Create a custom FormsAuthenticationTicket containing
    ' application specific data for the user.

    Dim username As String      = UserNameTextBox.Text
    Dim password As String      = UserPassTextBox.Text
    Dim isPersistent As Boolean = PersistCheckBox.Checked

    If Membership.ValidateUser(username, password) Then

      Dim userData As String = "ApplicationSpecific data for this user."

      Dim ticket As FormsAuthenticationTicket = New FormsAuthenticationTicket(1, _
        username, _
        DateTime.Now, _
        DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(30), _
        isPersistent, _
        userData, _
        FormsAuthentication.FormsCookiePath)

      ' Encrypt the ticket.
      Dim encTicket As String = FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(ticket)

      ' Create the cookie.
      Response.Cookies.Add(New HttpCookie(FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName, encTicket))

      ' Redirect back to original URL.
      Response.Redirect(FormsAuthentication.GetRedirectUrl(username, isPersistent))
    Else    
      Msg.Text = "Login failed. Please check your user name and password and try again."
    End If
  End Sub

</script>
<html  >
<head>
    <title>Forms Authentication Login</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <span style="BACKGROUND:#80ff80; font-weight:bold"> 
          Login Page
        </span> 
        <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
        <table border="0">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td>Username:</td>
                    <td><asp:TextBox id="UserNameTextBox" runat="server" /></td>
                    <td>
                      <asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="RequiredFieldValidator1" 
                                                  runat="server" ErrorMessage="*" 
                                                  Display="Static" 
                                                  ControlToValidate="UserNameTextBox" />
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Password:</td>
                    <td><asp:TextBox id="UserPassTextBox" TextMode="Password" runat="server" /></td>
                    <td>
                      <asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="RequiredFieldValidator2" 
                                                  runat="server" ErrorMessage="*" 
                                                  Display="Static" 
                                                  ControlToValidate="UserPassTextBox" />
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Check here if this is
                        <span style="text-decoration:underline"> not </span>
                        <br />a public computer:</td>
                    <td><asp:CheckBox id="PersistCheckBox" runat="server" autopostback="true" /></td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
        <input type="submit" value="Login" runat="server" onserverclick="Login_Click" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Security" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  private void Login_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    // Create a custom FormsAuthenticationTicket containing
    // application specific data for the user.

    string username     = UserNameTextBox.Text;
    string password     = UserPassTextBox.Text;
    bool   isPersistent = PersistCheckBox.Checked;

    if (Membership.ValidateUser(username, password))
    {
      string userData = "ApplicationSpecific data for this user.";

      FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = new FormsAuthenticationTicket(1,
        username,
        DateTime.Now,
        DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(30),
        isPersistent,
        userData,
        FormsAuthentication.FormsCookiePath);

      // Encrypt the ticket.
      string encTicket = FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(ticket);

      // Create the cookie.
      Response.Cookies.Add(new HttpCookie(FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName, encTicket));

      // Redirect back to original URL.
      Response.Redirect(FormsAuthentication.GetRedirectUrl(username, isPersistent));
    }
    else
    {
      Msg.Text = "Login failed. Please check your user name and password and try again.";
    }
  }

</script>
<html  >
<head>
    <title>Forms Authentication Login</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
        <span style="BACKGROUND: #80ff80; font-weight:bold"> 
            Login Page
        </span> 
        <asp:Label id="Msg" ForeColor="maroon" runat="server" /><br />
        <table border="0">
            <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td>Username:</td>
                    <td><asp:TextBox id="UserNameTextBox" runat="server" /></td>
                    <td>
                      <asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="RequiredFieldValidator1" 
                                                  runat="server" ErrorMessage="*" 
                                                  Display="Static" 
                                                  ControlToValidate="UserNameTextBox" />
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Password:</td>
                    <td><asp:TextBox id="UserPassTextBox" TextMode="Password" runat="server" /></td>
                    <td>
                      <asp:RequiredFieldValidator id="RequiredFieldValidator2" 
                                                  runat="server" ErrorMessage="*" 
                                                  Display="Static" 
                                                  ControlToValidate="UserPassTextBox" />
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td>Check here if this is 
                        <span style="text-decoration:underline">not</span>
                        <br />a public computer:</td>
                    <td><asp:CheckBox id="PersistCheckBox" runat="server" autopostback="true" /></td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
        <input type="submit" value="Login" runat="server" onserverclick="Login_Click" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

FormsAuthentication Class

FormsAuthentication Members

System.Web.Security Namespace

Other Resources

ASP.NET Web Application Security