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By default Asp.NET uses Login.aspx as its default Login page. That means if you want to access a page that you are not authorized to access you will be redirected to Login.aspx. Also if you click a Login Status control you will be redirected to Login.aspx.

You can easily override this feature and use a custom page (say Default.aspx) instead of Login.aspx as default login page.

To do so Simply add the following code in Authentication section of web.config

<forms loginUrl="Default.aspx"/>

You can also override other default settings by setting custom values in web.config. Some other default settings are

<forms name=".ASPXAUTH"
loginUrl="login.aspx"       
defaultUrl="default.aspx"
protection="All"
timeout="30"
path="/"       
requireSSL="false"
slidingExpiration="true"      
cookieless="UseDeviceProfile"
domain=""       
enableCrossAppRedirects="false">
<credentials passwordFormat="SHA1" />
</forms>

Change the default value to override the default behavior.