Forms Based Authentication in Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - authoritative technical articles published
Steve Peschka, SharePoint Ranger and notable guest blogger here who has posted several widely read and referenced entries about authentication, is the primary author of 3 just published authoritative technical articles on forms based authentication in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0:
For more info on authentication in SharePoint, take a look at the authentication oriented blog entries here and the relevant content recommendations on SharePointPedia.
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