Globally Require Authenticated Users By Default Using Fallback Policies in ASP.NET Core

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Scott Sauber

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You can use Fallback Policies in ASP.NET Core 3.0+ to require an Authenticated User by default. Conceptually, you can think of this as adding an [Authorize] attribute by default to every single Controller and Razor Page ONLY WHEN no other attribute is specified on a Controller or Razor Page (like [AllowAnonymous] or [Authorize(PolicyName="PolicyName")]).  See lines 9-11 below.



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publicclassStartup
{
// Other Startup code omitted
publicvoidConfigureServices(IServiceCollectionservices)
{
services.AddAuthorization(options =>
{
options.FallbackPolicy =new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()
.RequireAuthenticatedUser()
.Build();
// Register other policies here
});
// Other service…

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