Is using Passport authentication for my ASP.NET site secure? What are the other pros and cons?

Question

I have been having a look at secure and 'correct' ways of handling authentication within my ASP.NET site and have found the Passport Authentication Provider.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f8e50t0f%28v=vs.71%29.aspx

I've done some research but I'm still skeptical about this being a good idea, does anyone have any other opinion? Have you tried this out before?

Answer 1

Passport is an old technology. You might want to use the newer ASP.NET Identity infrastructure for authentication, authorization etc.