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Topics Covered:
- Setting up a new ASP .NET Core 2.0 MVC web application with Identity user authentication in Visual Studio
- Separating Web, Services, and Data Access Layers in our solution
- Setting up tests with NUnit and .NET Core virtual in-memory database
- Debugging / Fixing bugs
- Implementing the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern
- Dependency Injection of Services into our Controllers
- Using input forms to pass data from our Views to our Controllers
- Azure file storage for Profile Image uploads
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- SQL Database seeding for starting the application with a super-user
- Code-first database migrations
- Writing SQL queries to inspect data in our database
- Deploying the application to Azure.
 

{
    "dependencies": {
        "MailKit": "1.10.0"
    }
}

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using ASPNETCoreIdentitySample.Services.Contracts.Identity;
using MailKit.Net.Smtp;
using MailKit.Security;
using MimeKit;
 
namespace ASPNETCoreIdentitySample.Services.Identity
{
    public class AuthMessageSender : IEmailSender, ISmsSender
    {
        public async Task SendEmailAsync(string email, string subject, string message)
        {
            var emailMessage = new MimeMessage();
 
            emailMessage.From.Add(new MailboxAddress("DNT", "do-not-reply@dotnettips.info"));
            emailMessage.To.Add(new MailboxAddress("", email));
            emailMessage.Subject = subject;
            emailMessage.Body = new TextPart(TextFormat.Html)
            {
                Text = message
            };
 
            using (var client = new SmtpClient())
            {
                client.LocalDomain = "dotnettips.info";
                await client.ConnectAsync("smtp.relay.uri", 25, SecureSocketOptions.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
                await client.SendAsync(emailMessage).ConfigureAwait(false);
                await client.DisconnectAsync(true).ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
        }
 
        public Task SendSmsAsync(string number, string message)
        {
            // Plug in your SMS service here to send a text message.
            return Task.FromResult(0);
        }
    }
}

using (var stream = new FileStream($@"c:\smtppickup\email-{Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")}.eml", FileMode.CreateNew))
{
   emailMessage.WriteTo(stream);
}

    "scripts": {
        "postcompile": [
            "dotnet pack --no-build --configuration %compile:Configuration%"
        ]
    }

{
    "version": "1.1.1.0",
    "authors": [ "Vahid Nasiri" ],
    "packOptions": {
        "owners": [ "Vahid Nasiri" ],
        "tags": [ "PdfReport", "Excel", "Export", "iTextSharp", "PDF", "Report", "Reporting", "Persian", ".NET Core" ],
        "licenseUrl": "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.0-standalone.html",
        "projectUrl": "https://github.com/VahidN/iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core"
    },
    "description": " iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core  is an unofficial port of the last LGPL version of the iTextSharp (V4.1.6) to .NET Core.",

    "scripts": {
        "postcompile": [
            "dotnet pack --no-build --configuration %compile:Configuration%"
        ]
    }
}

    "configurations": {
        "Release": {
            "buildOptions": {
                "optimize": true,
                "platform": "anycpu"
            }
        }
    },

    "buildOptions": {
        "xmlDoc": true
    },

    "buildOptions": {
        "xmlDoc": true,
        "nowarn": [ "1591" ] // 1591: missing xml comment for publicly visible type or member
    },

using System.Security.Claims;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
using UAParser;

namespace ASPNETCore2JwtAuthentication.Services;

/// <summary>
///     To invalidate an old user's token from a new device
/// </summary>
public class DeviceDetectionService : IDeviceDetectionService
{
    private readonly IHttpContextAccessor _httpContextAccessor;
    private readonly ISecurityService _securityService;

    public DeviceDetectionService(ISecurityService securityService, IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor)
    {
        _securityService = securityService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(securityService));
        _httpContextAccessor = httpContextAccessor ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpContextAccessor));
    }

    public string GetCurrentRequestDeviceDetails() => GetDeviceDetails(_httpContextAccessor.HttpContext);

    public string GetDeviceDetails(HttpContext context)
    {
        var ua = GetUserAgent(context);
        if (ua is null)
        {
            return "unknown";
        }

        var client = Parser.GetDefault().Parse(ua);
        var deviceInfo = client.Device.Family;
        var browserInfo = $"{client.UA.Family}, {client.UA.Major}.{client.UA.Minor}";
        var osInfo = $"{client.OS.Family}, {client.OS.Major}.{client.OS.Minor}";
        //TODO: Add the user's IP address here, if it's a banking system.
        return $"{deviceInfo}, {browserInfo}, {osInfo}";
    }

    public string GetDeviceDetailsHash(HttpContext context) =>
        _securityService.GetSha256Hash(GetDeviceDetails(context));

    public string GetCurrentRequestDeviceDetailsHash() => GetDeviceDetailsHash(_httpContextAccessor.HttpContext);

    public string GetCurrentUserTokenDeviceDetailsHash() =>
        GetUserTokenDeviceDetailsHash(_httpContextAccessor.HttpContext?.User.Identity as ClaimsIdentity);

    public string GetUserTokenDeviceDetailsHash(ClaimsIdentity claimsIdentity)
    {
        if (claimsIdentity?.Claims == null || !claimsIdentity.Claims.Any())
        {
            return null;
        }

        return claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.System)?.Value;
    }

    public bool HasCurrentUserTokenValidDeviceDetails() =>
        HasUserTokenValidDeviceDetails(_httpContextAccessor.HttpContext?.User.Identity as ClaimsIdentity);

    public bool HasUserTokenValidDeviceDetails(ClaimsIdentity claimsIdentity) =>
        string.Equals(GetCurrentRequestDeviceDetailsHash(), GetUserTokenDeviceDetailsHash(claimsIdentity),
                      StringComparison.Ordinal);

    private static string GetUserAgent(HttpContext context)
    {
        if (context is null)
        {
            return null;
        }

        return context.Request.Headers.TryGetValue(HeaderNames.UserAgent, out var userAgent)
                   ? userAgent.ToString()
                   : null;
    }
}

    public string GetDeviceDetails(HttpContext context)
    {
        var ua = GetUserAgent(context);
        if (ua is null)
        {
            return "unknown";
        }

        var client = Parser.GetDefault().Parse(ua);
        var deviceInfo = client.Device.Family;
        var browserInfo = $"{client.UA.Family}, {client.UA.Major}.{client.UA.Minor}";
        var osInfo = $"{client.OS.Family}, {client.OS.Major}.{client.OS.Minor}";
        //TODO: Add the user's IP address here, if it's a banking system.
        return $"{deviceInfo}, {browserInfo}, {osInfo}";
    }

new(ClaimTypes.System, _deviceDetectionService.GetCurrentRequestDeviceDetailsHash(),
ClaimValueTypes.String, _configuration.Value.Issuer),

.AddJwtBearer(cfg =>
{
      cfg.Events = new JwtBearerEvents
      {
           OnTokenValidated = context =>
           {
               var tokenValidatorService = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ITokenValidatorService>();
              return tokenValidatorService.ValidateAsync(context);
           },
       };
  });

.AddCookie(options =>
{
    options.Events = new CookieAuthenticationEvents
    {
       OnValidatePrincipal = context =>
       {
         var cookieValidatorService = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ICookieValidatorService>();
         return cookieValidatorService.ValidateAsync(context);
       }
    };
});