How can you prevent Formsauthentication to block css and images?

Question

I have a project containing an image, css and js folder.
I want to make sure no css, image or js is blocked when using formsauthentication.

I know you can do this with the locationtag in the web.config but I was wondering if you could do this otherweise?

this is how I do it right now:

<location path="css">
        <system.web>
            <authorization>
                <allow users="*"/>
            </authorization>
        </system.web>
    </location>
    <location path="images">
        <system.web>
            <authorization>
                <allow users="*"/>
            </authorization>
        </system.web>
    </location>

I'm using asp.net (c#) with iis 7.0.

Cheers, M.

Please refer previous answer. [stackoverflow.com/questions/3686613/… [1]: stackoverflow.com/questions/3686613/… — Azri Jamil
– Azri Jamil, Commented Dec 26, 2011 at 18:37

leppie · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-28 07:34:48Z

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Set the folder permissions for your CSS/images directories, to allows anonymous access.

This is done in the web.config, not filesystem permissions.

answered Jun 28, 2010 at 7:34

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user29964 Over a year ago

yeah, I know that's what I mentioned in the question. but I wanted to know if there was any other way.

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-28 07:35:21Z

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It is a good practice to serve static resources such as images and css from a cookie-free domain.

answered Jun 28, 2010 at 7:35

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Rich M · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-10 17:34:47Z

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I was seeking the same answer however in my case it is allowing access to CSS, Images and JS files by default. I think it only requires authentication if for ASPX (etc).

Also, I am using deny users "?" rather than "*"

answered May 10, 2011 at 17:34

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