Nathan Prather

I needed to know this early today because I’m writing an auto-login
routine for our portal.  It’s good to know what the default values are and what they mean,
so I’m including this here as a quick reference for the future:

The default attribute values for forms authentication are shown in the following configuration-file fragment.

<system.web>
  <authentication mode="Forms">
    <forms loginUrl="Login.aspx"
           protection="All"
           timeout="30"
           name=".ASPXAUTH"
           path="/"
           requireSSL="false"
           slidingExpiration="true"
           defaultUrl="default.aspx"
           cookieless="UseDeviceProfile"
           enableCrossAppRedirects="false" />
  </authentication>
</system.web>

via Explained: Forms Authentication in ASP.NET 2.0 .