Why should I use ASP.NET Membership security model?

Question

I\'m updating my website at the moment and figure that if I am to update my login/security mode, now is a good time.

I have looked through the Membership model whic

Answer 1

I think a compelling feature of ASP.NET Membership, Role and Profile is that it uses the provider model. If you aren't happy with it the way it is, it is not difficult to roll your own from the base classes. If you look at codeplex.com you can find probably a dozen or more custom providers that people have written. I wrote one for the SQLite database a few years ago.