Let's visit the TropicalGreen site again to see the difference. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to http://localhost/tropicalgreen/plantcatalog
. You did not have to log into the site!
Notice, however, that the Web Author Console is missing.
Previously, when you visited the TropicalGreen website, the server automatically identified you based on your Windows logon credentials. It knew that you were the administrator of the website and granted you full permissions, including full use of the Web Author Console.
After you implemented Forms authentication, you were shown the login page where you entered your user name and password. When you clicked on the Sign In
button, the server validated your credentials and identified you as an administrator.
Now, with guest access turned on, Internet Explorer did not send your credentials over to the server so you get the view of a guest, and guests are not required to login. Yes, you are still the administrator, but the server...