ASP.NET Authentication,Authorization,Principal and Identity objects?
Authentication:
   Authentication means identifying the user.Checking weather he is valid person or not.
Authorization:
 Authorization means what the rights for the user  have .
Sample Code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default :
System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void
Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       
Response.Write("USER NAME  :"+ User.Identity.Name  + "<br>");
       
Response.Write("USER AUTHENTICATIOMN
TYPE :" + User.Identity.AuthenticationType + "<br>");
       
Response.Write("IS HE AUTHENTICATED
:" + User.Identity.IsAuthenticated + "<br>");
       
Response.Write("IS HE ADMINISTRATOR
:" + User.IsInRole("Administrators")
+ "<br>");
    }
}






