OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and Identity Server When it comes to authentication and authorization, the most used standard is OAuth 2.0 with OpenID Connect (OIDC). Few weeks ago I discussed Resource owner password and Implicit flows focusing mainly on implementations with Identity Server. There is a lot of confusion revolving around OAuth 2.0 and OIDC, what they are, how they differ and even what

SSL with Let’s Encrypt Few months ago I explained briefly how SSL could be setup with CloudFlare. Today I would like to share another way to get a SSL certificate for free via a browser based implementation of Let’s Encrypt. This post will be composed by two parts: 1. How SSL works 2. How to get the certificate 1 . How SSL works SSL provides a secure layer on top of HTTP. It allows to encrypt

Params inheritance strategy with Angular Router Few weeks ago I discussed about Angular router, how we could make sure our data are loaded before accessing a component. If you aren’t familiar with Angular router, I suggest you have a look at my previous blog post where I introduced the router. The example was loading data from the store (ngrx store) to check if data were loaded. But it would have

Start processes from C# in DotNet Core Being able to run batch during the lifecycle of an application is always useful. It gives a way to programmatically interact with any programs which implements a CLI. Today we will see how we can start processes from C# on .NET Core applications and how it can be useful in a real scenario 1. Unzip from CLI 2. Use CLI from C# 1. Unzip from CLI In this

DotNet Framework Standard Core and ASP Net Core Lot of things have changed from the past few years in the DotNet ecosystem. In many occasions, I have seen people get confused with the differences between DotNet Core, DotNet Standard and DotNet Framework and how do they all relate to ASP Net Core. I don’t blame them, so many new keywords that it is quite confusing to first look at. Today, I would