Web.config file to password protect a directory in any ASP.net web site

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Here is my web.config used to login protect a folder called administration;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <customErrors mode="Off">
    </customErrors>
    <authentication mode="Forms">
      <forms name=".ASPXAUTH" loginUrl="login.aspx" protection="All" timeout="999999">
        <credentials passwordFormat="MD5">
          <user name="admin" password="21232F297A57A5A743894A0E4A801FC3" />
        </credentials>
      </forms>
    </authentication>
    <authorization>
      <allow users="?" />
      <allow users="*" />
    </authorization>
    <trace enabled="true" localOnly="false" />
  </system.web>
  <location path="administration">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="admin" />
        <deny users="*" />
      </authorization> 
    </system.web>
  </location>
</configuration>

I'm using it in this asp.net vb web site which I built from some tutorials and added a few extra bits of functionality to.