I have a WCF service which is repsonsible for authenticating users . Unlike WCF Authentication Services , I want all authentication (including the ones from a asp.net web application) to happen at the WCF service layer .
Now, my query , should I be defining membership providers for authentication at the web application tier.Say , for eg, I define a custom WCF memebership provider that calls the WCF service to carry out authentication. or If the application uses forms authentication for authenticating users against a active directory , I would use a Active directory membership provider at the Web Tier.
As per my logic , since I want the WCF service to be repsonsible for authenticating users from different applications , I would define the membership providers at the service layer .
However , there are difference in opinion as to which layer is responsible for implementing the membership provider .
Thansk & Regards Girija