How are the ASP.NET configuration files related to the Internet Information Services (IIS) configuration file (the IIS metabase)?
In IIS versions 6.0 and earlier, the ASP.NET configuration system redirects any IIS-specific settings that it controls. The ASP.NET configuration system then configures IIS for you by automatically editing the IIS metabase. For information about the IIS metabase, see Working with the IIS Metabase. • I used the ASP.NET configuration system to restrict access to my ASP.NET application, but anonymous users can still view some of my files. Why is that? The features of the ASP.NET configuration system only apply to ASP.NET resources. For example, Forms Authentication only restricts access to ASP.NET files, not to static files or ASP (classic) files unless those resources are mapped to ASP.NET file name extensions. Use the configuration features of IIS to configure non-ASP.NET resources. • Since there can be multiple ASP.NET configuration files on one computer, how does ASP.NET configuration handle inheritance? ASP.NET integrates the settings in configuration files (the Machine.config and We
