What is GAC or Global Assembly Cache?
Global Assembly Cache (GAC) is a common place to share the .NET assemblies across many applications. GAC caches all strong named assembly references within it. All System assemblies that come with the .NET framework reside in the GAC. 25. How to view an assembly? Answer: We can use the tool “ildasm.exe” known as “Assembly Disassembler” to view the assembly. 26. What is Authentication and Authorization? Answer: Authentication is the process of identifying users. Authentication is identifying/validating the user against the credentials (username and password) and Authorization performs after authentication. Authorization is the process of granting access to those users based on identity. Authorization allowing access of specific resource to user. 27. What are the types of Authentication? Describe. Answer: There are 3 types of Authentication. Windows, Forms and Passport Authentication. ยง Windows authentication uses the security features integrated into the Windows NT and Windows XP operat