In the web.config:
<configuration>
<authentication mode="Windows">
</authentication>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</configuration>
in global.asax
protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
tracker.LogRequest(HttpContext.Current.User, DateTime.Now)
///THIS IS ALWAYS NULL!!!
}
I am just really confused by this, any ideas?
I think this is a symptom of listening on the wrong event. You should probably listen for Application.PostAuthenticateRequest.
Running a sample piece of code using a project I have that authenticates against my local domain's Active Directory to ask if the User object is nothing:
Code
Sub Application_AuthenticateRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Debug.WriteLine("Authenticate Request: " & (HttpContext.Current.User Is Nothing))
End Sub
Sub Application_PostAuthenticateRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Debug.WriteLine("Post-authenticate Request: " & (HttpContext.Current.User Is Nothing))
End Sub
Output
Authenticate Request: True
Post-authenticate Request: False
Following the PostAuthenticateRequest
event, the HttpContext.Current.User.Identity
property is an instance of System.Security.Principal.GenericIdentity
for unauthenticated requests.