+Sensitive actions, such as editing or deleting content, or accessing admin pages, should have authentication checks +to ensure that they cannot be used by arbitrary users. +
+ +
+Ensure that proper authorization checks are made for sensitive actions.
+For WebForms applications, the authorazation tag in Web.config XML files
+can be used to implement access control. The System.Web.UI.Page.User property can also be
+used to verify a user's roles.
+For MVC applications, the Authorize attribute can be used to require authorization on specific
+action methods.
+
+In the following WebForms example, the case marked BAD has no authorization checks; whereas the
+case marked GOOD uses User.IsInRole to check for the user's role.
+
+The following Web.config file uses the authorization tag to deny access to anonymous users,
+in a
+In the following MVC example, the case marked BAD has no authorization
+checks; whereas the case marked GOOD uses the Authorize attribute.
+
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