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Specifies the page to redirect to if the page requires authentication and the user has not signed on with Microsoft Passport authentication.

<passport redirectUrl = "redirectURL" />

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attribute	Description
redirectUrl	Required attribute. The URL to which the request is redirected. This is typically the URL to a Passport login page. The default is "internal".

None.

Element	Description
configuration	The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file. Contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave.
authentication	Configures the ASP.NET authentication scheme that is used to identify users who view an ASP.NET application.

The passport element specifies the page to redirect to if the page requires authentication and the user has not signed on with Microsoft Passport authentication. This element is only effective if the mode attribute of the authentication element is set to Passport. For more information, see Passport Authentication Provider.

The following default authentication element is not explicitly configured in the machine configuration file or in the root Web.config file, but is the default configuration returned by application.

<passport redirectUrl = "internal" />

The following example specifies the logon page that requests are redirected to.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <authentication>
         <passport redirectUrl = "Login.aspx" />
      </authentication>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

ASP.NET Authentication   <authentication> Section   <authentication> forms Element

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