Usernames and Passwords

[wahrez]

What is the best way of assigning Username's and Passwords to a web site. - Can you use Windows Authentication?

I also want to establish a cookie so users don't have to keep signing-in.

[AllGamer]

You can only use Windows Authentication if you host it on an Win2k/NT/XP server

or maybe Linux with Samba, else no

the most common ways for user/name/password

is via SQL server, or in linux mySQL

:t

[Jay7779]

You can use windows authentication if you are hosting the site by yourself with iis. If your using apache, take a look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html, its meant for the linux version of apache, but im going to assume that it applies to windows too.

I would however recommend learning either asp or php, in my experience it is extremly secure (if its coded good), and if your not hosting yourself then your host most likly has one or the other installed.

[AllGamer]

PHP is better

ASP is by Microsoft

[CompGeek01]

Originally posted by AllGamer
PHP is better

ASP is by Microsoft


LOL :D So right!

plus PhP is so easy and great combined with mySQL or similar

-B