In my ASP.NET web application, I use smart card to login. After logged out, I want to make the IIS prompt pin if login again. So the following command is run -
document.execCommand('ClearAuthenticationCache');
It does prompt the selection of certificate. However after pick up the correct certificate, "Validation of viewstate MAC failed" error is thrown.
Machine key has been set in web.config. I test it in a single server.
Can this be fixed?
Is there another way to force relogin without executing the above command?
The error log is like -
<error application="/LM/W3SVC/2/ROOT" host="MMM809-PB8GMTC" type="System.Web.UI.ViewStateException" message="Invalid viewstate. 
	Client IP: 127.0.0.1
	Port: 64307
	Referer: https://localhost:48044/Account/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
	Path: /Account/Login.aspx
	User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
	ViewState: /12345678905NTIyMjMwNQ9kFgJmD2QWBAIBD2QWAgIKD2QWAgIBD2QWAmYPDxYEHgRUZXh0BSFSZWxlYXNlIDEwLjguMTogTG9jYWwgRGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQeB1Zpc2libGVnZGQCAw9kFgQCBQ88KwANAQAPFgIeC18hRGF0YUJvdW5kZ2RkAggPZBYGZg8PFgIfAAVPRW50ZXIgeW91ciB1c2VybmFtZSwgcGFzc3dvcmQsIG9yIGluc2VydCB5b3VyIFBJViBDYXJkIGFuZCBjaGVjayB0aGUgYm94IGJlbG93LmRkAgMPDxYCHwFnZGQCBA8PFgIfAWdkFgQCAQ8PFgIfAAVyUGxlYXNlIGluc2VydCB5b3VyIFBJViBDYXJkIGludG8geW91ciB3b3Jrc3RhdGlvbidzIGNhcmQgcmVhZGVyLCBhbmQgY2xpY2sgdGhlICdMb2dpbiBXaXRoIFBJViBDYXJkJyBidXR0b24gYmVsb3cuZGQCAw8PFgQfAGUfAWhkZBgBBR5fX0NvbnRyb2xzUmVxdWlyZVBvc3RCYWNrS2V5X18WAwUeY3RsMDAkTWFpbkNvbnRlbnQkQ2hlY2tCb3hQT0FNBRNjdGwwMCRJQ2FuY2VsJGN0bDAxBRNjdGwwMCRJQ2FuY2VsJGN0bDAzLS/FM9A6VVP18RwsD2IC7Rg/xts=" detail="System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that <machineKey> configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.

See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=314055 for more information. ---> System.Web.UI.ViewStateException: Invalid viewstate. 
	Client IP: 127.0.0.1
	Port: 64307
	Referer: https://localhost:48044/Account/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
	Path: /Account/Login.aspx
	User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
	ViewState: 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
 at System.Web.UI.ViewStateException.ThrowError(Exception inner, String persistedState, String errorPageMessage, Boolean macValidationError)
 at System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(String inputString, Purpose purpose)
 at System.Web.UI.Util.DeserializeWithAssert(IStateFormatter2 formatter, String serializedState, Purpose purpose)
 at System.Web.UI.HiddenFieldPageStatePersister.Load()
 at System.Web.UI.Page.LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium()
 at System.Web.UI.Page.LoadAllState()
 at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
 at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
 at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest()
 at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
 at ASP.account_login_aspx.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\277b2a97\3a0c0b22\App_Web_tivyflc5.0.cs:line 0
 at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
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 <h2> <i>Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that &lt;machineKey&gt; configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.<br><br>See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=314055 for more information.</i> </h2></span>

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 <b> Description: </b>An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

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 <b> Exception Details: </b>System.Web.HttpException: Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that &lt;machineKey&gt; configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.<br><br>See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=314055 for more information.<br><br>

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[ViewStateException: Invalid viewstate. 
	Client IP: 127.0.0.1
	Port: 64307
	Referer: https://localhost:48044/Account/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
	Path: /Account/Login.aspx
	User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
	ViewState: 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]

[HttpException (0x80004005): Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that &lt;machineKey&gt; configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.

See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=314055 for more information.]
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 System.Web.UI.ObjectStateFormatter.Deserialize(String inputString, Purpose purpose) +912
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 System.Web.UI.Page.LoadAllState() +46
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 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +355
 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() +75
 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) +70
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Thanks
Edit 1: after executed document.execCommand('ClearAuthenticationCache'); I follow with document.location.href="/";. Now the error goes away after reloaded the root Url. However the reloaded page still caches the PIN. It allowed me to directly log in after selected the popped out certificate without further asked for a PIN number. Do not know why "ClearAuthenticationCache" can not clear cached pin.
