While it's not crystal clear on MSDN it's not all that complicated. There's a trio of classes.
The specific provider used is controlled on the web.config. You can actually set more than 1 provider, and have a default one. Check: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6e9y4s5t.aspx.
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