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Can an ASP.NET web app run without web.config

Can my asp.net web application run without a web.config? For argument's sake lets say that I'm not connecting to a Database or explicitly reading any configuration information . I have tried it out and I'm able to run a web app successfully in VS 2008 without a web.config.

This brings me to the question as to how are authentication and session modes configured now ? The machine.config and the root web.config files ( in the framework folder) do not have any authentication/session modes configured explicitly .

Any ideas ?

Thanks.

Solution

  • You'd have to read the documentation to see the defaults, which for authentication is probably windows, and session mode would be in process.