Updated the project's framework to .NET 5 and changed its launch configuration to no longer pop a browser on startup.

.vs/SecureCore/config/applicationhost.config

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
           <virtualDirectory path="/" physicalPath="C:\Users\admin\source\repos\secure-core\SecureCore" />
         </application>
         <bindings>
-          <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:50232:localhost" />
+                    <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:50000:localhost" />
         </bindings>
       </site>
       <siteDefaults>

SecureCore/Authentication/PasswordManager.cs

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ namespace SecureCore.Authentication
         //allowing passwords that are too long can result in a denial-of-service attack. So we must enforce password length limits.
         //The recommended length is between 64 and 128, so I decided to go for the upper bounds.
         public static string SectionName { get; } = "PasswordSettings";
-        private static int AbsoluteMinPasswordLength { get; } = 16;
-        private static int AbsoluteMaxPasswordLength { get; } = 128;
+        public static int AbsoluteMinPasswordLength { get; } = 16;
+        public static int AbsoluteMaxPasswordLength { get; } = 128;
 
         public static (string Hash, string Salt) HashPassword(string password)
         {

SecureCore/Properties/launchSettings.json

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/launchsettings.json",
+{
   "iisSettings": {
     "windowsAuthentication": false,
     "anonymousAuthentication": true,
     "iisExpress": {
-      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:50232",
+      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:50000",
       "sslPort": 0
     }
   },
+  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/launchsettings.json",
   "profiles": {
     "IIS Express": {
-      "commandName": "IISExpress",
-      "launchBrowser": true,
-      "launchUrl": "weatherforecast",
+      "commandName": "Project",
+      "launchUrl": "weather",
       "environmentVariables": {
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
       }
@@ -21,10 +20,10 @@
       "commandName": "Project",
       "launchBrowser": true,
       "launchUrl": "weatherforecast",
-      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:5000",
       "environmentVariables": {
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
-      }
+      },
+      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:5000"
     }
   }
-}
+}

SecureCore/SecureCore.csproj

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
     <UserSecretsId>e3dff1d0-8e29-4bc2-8020-8999a38530f3</UserSecretsId>
     <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
+    <StartupObject>SecureCore.Program</StartupObject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>