protect images directory from web.confighttp://forums.asp.net/t/1399257.aspx/1?protect+images+directory+from+web+configThu, 19 Mar 2009 20:58:05 -040013992573020772http://forums.asp.net/p/1399257/3020772.aspx/1?protect+images+directory+from+web+configprotect images directory from web.config <p>I have an admin that is password protected using web.config using web forms, it works ok.<br> <br> Although I can't access any .aspx file (it redirects correctly to the login page), I do can access to for example, images directory or fckeditor (the wysiwyg editor)&nbsp;upload features (html and image files).<br> <br> I'm trying to disallow the access to this content, but I can't. </p> <p>I'm using&nbsp;2&nbsp;web.config files, once&nbsp;for the main site and the other for the admin, and the admin itself is configured as an application in IIS. In the web.config&nbsp;for the admin&nbsp;I add this, with no luck:<br> <br> </p> <font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&lt;</font></font><font color="#a31515" size="2"><font color="#a31515" size="2">location</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font></font><font color="#ff0000" size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2">path</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">=</font></font><font size="2">&quot;</font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">images</font></font><font size="2">&quot;</font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&gt;</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> <p>&lt;</font></font><font color="#a31515" size="2"><font color="#a31515" size="2">system.web</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&gt;</p> &lt;</font></font><font color="#a31515" size="2"><font color="#a31515" size="2">authorization</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&gt;</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> <p>&lt;</font></font><font color="#a31515" size="2"><font color="#a31515" size="2">deny</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> </font></font><font color="#ff0000" size="2"><font color="#ff0000" size="2">users</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">=</font></font><font size="2">&quot;</font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">?</font></font><font size="2">&quot;</font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> /&gt;</p> &lt;/</font></font><font color="#a31515" size="2"><font color="#a31515" size="2">authorization</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&gt;</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> &lt;/</font></font><font color="#a31515" size="2"><font color="#a31515" size="2">system.web</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&gt;</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2"> <p>&lt;/</font></font><font color="#a31515" size="2"><font color="#a31515" size="2">location</font></font><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><font color="#0000ff" size="2">&gt;</p> </font></font> 2009-03-19T16:18:12-04:003021688http://forums.asp.net/p/1399257/3021688.aspx/1?Re+protect+images+directory+from+web+configRe: protect images directory from web.config <p>&nbsp;Unless you are running IIS 7 in Integrated mode, image file extensions are not processed by asp.net engine and thus form authentication will not work properly.</p> <p>If order to get asp.net to protect other extensions, you'll need to configure IIS to map the graphic file extension to asp.net ISAPI. <br> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2009-03-19T20:58:05-04:00