Authentication, Authorization, User and Role Management and general Security in .NET

Question

I need to know how to go about implementing general security for a C# application. What options do I have in this regard? I would prefer to use an existing framework if it meets

Answer 1

Look into ASP.NET's Membership Providers. I don't think the out of box SQLMembershipProvider will work in your case but it's easy enough to roll your own provider.