I am creating a web site for my ClickOnce applications, so that the user knows where to find the apps, instead of typing the url of any application. I am trying to validate security for knowing this URL in the web.config of each applications folder with the following code:

 <location path="publish.htm">

<system.web>

<authorization>

<allow roles="admin" />

<deny users="*"/>

<deny users="?"/>

</authorization> 

</system.web>

</location>

Even with this validation, if I type the URL for the publish.htm page that VS 2005 creates when publishing the applications in ClickOnce, I can access it without a problem.

What do I need to do to set security to this publish.htm page.

You can't use an ASP.NET authentication mechanism on something that doesn't use ASP.NET.  :)

Windows authentication or upgrade to Server 2008/IIS7 using the integrated pipeline.

Jeff

 How shall I validate security for the publish.htm pages, there is no other way I know how to publish my ClickOnce apps without this page it creates automatically.

Is there another way to publish this apps or to secure the publish.htm page?