AuthenticationService Class

Enables access to ASP.NET forms authentication as a web service.

The AuthenticationService type exposes the following members
<Methods>
IsLoggedIn: Determines whether the current user is authenticated.
Login: Checks user credentials and creates an authentication ticket (cookie) if he credentials are valid
ValidateUser: Autheiticate user credentials without issuing an authentication ticket.

<Events>
Authenticating: occurs when user credentials are being validated
CreatingCookie: occurs when the authentication cookie is being set