Authenticating against AD FS from a .Net 4.5 Console App

Question

I\'m in the process of getting my head round using AD FS to authenticate a user in a .NET 4.5 app. I can\'t find any examples of requesting/receiving the token from a console ap

Answer 1

The easiest way is to use the WSTrustChannelFactory from .NET 4.5.

See the RequestSecurityToken method here: http://leastprivilege.com/2012/11/16/wcf-and-identity-in-net-4-5-external-authentication-with-ws-trust/

After you have the token you run it through the corresponding token handler to turn it into a ClaimsPrincipal.

I have helper methods and bindings in my library on github: https://github.com/thinktecture/Thinktecture.IdentityModel.45

(look for the WCF folder, WSTrustClient and the Extensions folder).