This project adds support for various authentication methdos (basic authentication, token based authentication using SWT and SAML 1.1 / 2.0) to WebApi.

In addition it is a sample how to claims-enable WebApi using WIF - including the claims transformation and authorization pipeline.

See here for more info:

http://www.leastprivilege.com/ASPNETWebAPISecurity1IntroducingThinktectureIdentityModelHttp.aspx
http://www.leastprivilege.com/ASPNETWebAPISecurity2IdentityArchitecture.aspx
http://www.leastprivilege.com/ASPNETWebAPISecurity3ExtensibleAuthenticationFramework.aspx
http://www.leastprivilege.com/ASPNETWebAPISecurity4ExamplesForVariousAuthenticationScenarios.aspx
http://www.leastprivilege.com/ASPNETWebAPISecurity5JavaScriptClients.aspx