It's been a bit of a slog, and I realized how much that I truly hate writing documentation.  But its done!

Check it out: AuthIntegrator - The Easy Way to Integrate DNN and ASP.NET Applications

The module is done and works great.  I am finalizing documentation and expect to have it for sale on my site within a week.  Check back for a Products menu option - that is where it will be. The way it works is that you place the module on a page and configure the application URL and a Shared Secret (used like a password, I recommend a strong password such as grc.com/passwords.htm provides).  You then set the page security to be visible only to the roles that have permissions in your external application.  In the external application, you configure it for Forms Authentication and set the loginUrl to be the path to the page containing the AuthIntegrator module.  When a user visits the DNN page containing the module (from link or navigation), after successfully logging in they are directed to the configured URL.  Even better - if they try to directly access a page in the external application, they will be directed to the DNN login page, after which they will be sent to the page they requested.  This...

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For anyone who has been watching to see if I have an update, the wait is over.  I have re-designed my implementation and now plan to offer the product as a module.  No core changes will be made at all. 

I'd like to thank those who have expressed interest and for all the feedback I received.  It made me re-evaluate what I was doing and I think the result will be a better product.   I still have a bit of work to finish it, but I am hoping to have this ready within the next few weeks as time permits.