title: OWIN cookie authentication without ASP.NET Identity
body: <p>I'm new to ASP.NET MVC 5 and I'm finding very uncomfortable with Identity authentication + authorization framework. I know this is a new feature of the ASP.NET MVC framework, so I'd like to apply an alternative way to implement authentication in m y application.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible? I read I could use the <code>FormsAuthenticationModule</code>. Is this a good alternative? How can I use it in a MVC 5 based application?</p>