How do I call an MVC Action via a WebRequest and validate the request through Active Directory?

Question

I know the title is a mouthful. I\'ve got most things in place already. I just need confirmation on if I can do what I\'m attempting.

I\'m using ASP.NET MVC 3. I hav

Answer 1

Two thoughts:

1) You could try forcing impersonation before you make your WebRequest call. Like this:

var impersonationContext = ((WindowsIdentity)User.Identity).Impersonate();
//Make your WebRequest call here...
impersonationContext.Undo();

2) You could pass the user in the WebRequest call, in the service side get the user identity from AD, then use a variation of the above code to impersonate them.

Here is a link that talks more about the impersonation code used above: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w070t6ka.aspx