Different ways to get WindowsIdentity with imperso

Question

The app is running using impersonation and windows authentication. What is the difference of what i've got in the three cases?

• System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity as WindowsIdentity

• WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()

• ((HttpContext) context).User.Identity as WindowsIdentity

Answer 1

Here you have all the different posibilites. In your case you'll get the same for all 3 (Domain\UserName)