ASP.NET MVC html page authentication

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I have some static (pure html) pages in my MVC application that I need to authenticate, so that not just anybody can look at them. Is there an way to do this without moving all the code to asp files and adding a controller and from there use the Authorize attribute? I would really prefer to not need to do this!

Mac Attack · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-02 18:15:42Z

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I looked into role-based security, and I found that adding

<location path="StaticPages">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <deny users="?"/>
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
</location>

to the web.config file worked like a charm! It blocks any users who are not logged into the website.

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:57:02Z

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If those static HTML pages are in a separate folder, You could configure IIS & Windows Folder security using IIS Admin.

You might also want to look at role based security , however I'm not sure if that will work for static HTML files (non .aspx).

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answered Jul 30, 2010 at 16:20

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Mac Attack Over a year ago

Thanks! I looked into role based security, and our solution to block out any user who was not logged in is as follows: <location path="StaticPages"> <system.web> <authorization> <deny users="?"/> </authorization> </system.web> </location> worked like a charm!

7wp Over a year ago

You must be using IIS7 then, since my suspicion is that this would not be possible in IIS6... Is that true?

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