Claims-based Identity in .NET 4.5 and Windows 8

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Published on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:30:36 GMT Indexed on 2011/11/11 18:24 UTC
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There was not a ton of new information about WIF and related technologies at Build, but Samuel Devasahayam did a great talk about claims-based access control that contained some very interesting bits of information with regards to future directions.

From his slides:

Windows 8

  • Bring existing identity claims model into the Windows platform
  • Domain controller issues groups & claims
  • Claims (user and device) sourced from identity attributes in AD
  • Claims delivered in Kerberos PAC
  • NT Token has a new claims section
  • Enhanced SDDL API’s to work with claims
  • Enhanced user mode CheckAccess API’s to work with claims
  • New ACL-UX
  • Target audits with claims-based expressions

WIF & .NET 4.5

  • WIF is in the box with .NET Framework 4.5
  • Every principal in .NET 4.5 is a ClaimsPrincipal

ADFS 2.1

  • ADFS 2.1 is available now as a in-box server role in Windows 8
  • Adds support for issuing device claims from Kerberos ticket

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