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ASP.NET MVC API Authentication and Authorization Filters

ASP.NET Web API Security Filters - 1.      HTTP Module 2.      OWIN Middleware 3.      Message Handler 4.      Action Filter 5.      Authorization Filter 6.      Authentication Filter The authentication filter is used to successfully authenticate the request and the authorization filter is used to successfully authorize the request. If successfully authenticate and authorize the requests, the controller action returns 200 (OK). Authentication Filter Contains Two methods - 1 -Authenticate Sync -  Is use to authenticates the request by validating the credentials in the request, if present. 2 - Challenge Sync -  Is use to adds an authentication challenge to the HTTP response, if needed. The flow in the Web API 2 Pipeline - The authentication filters add a Www-Authenticate header to the response i.e. Example -...