In this article I would present a discussion on implementing HTTP authentication in Web API with code examples to illustrate the concepts discussed.

Message handlers in Web API provide you the opportunity to process, edit, or decline an incoming request before it reaches the HttpControllerDispatcher.

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the organization behind all web standards, has formally promoted the Web Authentication API to the title of official web standard.

After scores of accounts were potentially compromised a few months ago, Twitter today launched two-factor authentication through SMS to protect people from hacks and phishing scams on the web ...