Introduction One of the impressive things about ASP.NET Core is how much functionality comes out of the box. There are a number of authentication mechanisms that you can use that are part of ASP.NET Core and supported by Microsoft. However, the bulk of what’s implemented there is oriented around OAuth and specifically IdentityServer4. IdentityServer is also impressive. It supports deep customization - but again, mostly oriented around OAuth. It’s also very complicated and difficult to con...