asp.net - Owin AuthenticationMode Active and Passive for different path -

i'm using owin wsfederation authentication. unauthorized users want 1 path redirected sts , return 401 response. possible set different authenticationmode different path?

you can "fork" owin pipeline in order configure middleware differently different paths.

public void configuration(iappbuilder app) {     app.useerrorpage(new errorpageoptions());      app.map("active", active =>      {         active.useopenidconnectauthentication(             new openidconnectauthenticationoptions             {                 authenticationmode = authenticationmode.active                 //todo: add other options.             });     });      app.map("passive", passive =>     {         passive.useopenidconnectauthentication(             new openidconnectauthenticationoptions             {                 authenticationmode = authenticationmode.passive,                 //todo: add other options.             });     }); } 

this sample configures "error page" middleware run on requests, goes on create 2 url-mapped pipelines, 1 requests start /active , other paths start /passive. each of these mapped pipelines partially configure oidc authentication middleware, using active , passive modes respectively.

this mechanism designed let run different sets of middleware when requests come in on specific paths. put common middleware before mapped middleware make run on every request.