web config page access and permission not working with Global asax Routing

Question

How do I give permission to a web page or web form for all users in web config file when routing is done in the Global asax file?

This is how I grant permission to all users in the web config file for a page named topic.aspx

<location path="topic.aspx">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
</location>

In the Global asax file, the routing is done as this

routes.MapPageRoute("topic", "topic/{ArticleId}/{Slug}", "~/topic.aspx");

When I try to access the page, I get redirected to login. I also tried to change the location path in web config file from topic.aspx to topic because of the Routing in Global asax

<location path="topic">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
</location>

But it doesn’t work

Answer 1

You did not share the IIS authentication configuration or the location of topic.aspx. For Web Forms, I create a public folder and allow anonymous users access to the folder rather then a page.