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title: "Describe how Passport authentication works."  
description: "Describe how Passport authentication works."  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-08-24  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1155/describe-how-passport-authentication-works  
category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Describe how Passport authentication works.

ASP.NET application with Passport authentication implemented checks the user’s machine for a current passport authentication cookie. If it is not available, ASP.NET directs the user to a Passport sign-on page. The Passport service authenticates the user, stores an authentication cookie on the user’s computer and direct the user to the requested page.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

ASP.NET application with Passport authentication implemented checks the user’s machine for a current passport authentication cookie. If it is not available, ASP.NET directs the user to a Passport sign-on page. The Passport service authenticates the user, stores an authentication cookie on the user’s computer and direct the user to the requested page.


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