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2. Defining custom logging messages with LoggerMessage.Define in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I take a look at one of the helper methods in the ASP.NET Core logging library, and how you can use it to efficiently log messages in your app…

   June 06, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Logging
3. Debugging JWT validation problems between an OWIN app and IdentityServer4

   This post describes an issue that arose migrating from IdentityServer3 to IdentityServer4, where an OWIN app cannot validate a JWT issued by IdentityServer4…

   October 10, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core Identity IdentityServer
4. Customising ASP.NET Core Identity EF Core naming conventions for PostgreSQL

   In this post I'll describe how to configure EF Core to use snake_case for database object names instead of Camel Case, so they work better with PostgreSQL.…

   July 25, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core Identity PostgreSQL EF Core
5. Custom authorisation policies and requirements in ASP.NET Core

   In this post on authorisation in ASP.NET Core, we look at creating policies with multiple requirements, custom requirements and applying a global policy.…

   October 11, 2016 in ASP.NET Core Auth Security
6. Creating custom password validators for ASP.NET Core Identity

   In this post, I describe the password validation settings for ASP.NET Core Identity, how to customise them, and how to write a custom password validator.…

   July 13, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Security ASP.NET Core Identity .NET Core 2.0 Preview 2
7. Creating and trusting a self-signed certificate on Linux for use in Kestrel and ASP.NET Core

   In this post I show how to create a self-signed certificate on Linux. I show how you can trust the certificate, and how to configure Kestrel to use it.…

   October 03, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 Security