diff --git a/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ClientWebConfig.java b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/FrontendConfig.java
similarity index 88%
rename from spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ClientWebConfig.java
rename to spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/FrontendConfig.java
index 4aadc3a48c..ffcc855716 100644
--- a/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/ClientWebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/FrontendConfig.java
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView;
 
 @EnableWebMvc
 @Configuration
-public class ClientWebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
+public class FrontendConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 
-	public ClientWebConfig() {
+	public FrontendConfig() {
 		super();
 	}
 
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public class ClientWebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 	public void addViewControllers(final ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
 		super.addViewControllers(registry);
 
-		registry.addViewController("/login.html");
 		registry.addViewController("/homepage.html");
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a79aa3b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.baeldung.spring.web.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
+
+@Configuration
+@ComponentScan("org.baeldung.spring.web.controller")
+public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
+
+	public WebConfig() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	// API
+
+}
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diff --git a/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/controller/TestController.java b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/controller/TestController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7b04c14d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/web/controller/TestController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.baeldung.spring.web.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+
+@Controller
+public class TestController {
+
+	public TestController() {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	// API
+
+	@RequestMapping("/permitAll")
+	@ResponseBody
+	public String permitAll() {
+		return "Permit All";
+	}
+
+	@RequestMapping("/securityNone")
+	@ResponseBody
+	public String securityNone() {
+		return "Security None";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
index d2a2809446..a7d8d679ea 100644
--- a/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-basic-auth/src/main/resources/webSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.1.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd">
 
-    <http use-expressions="true">
-        <intercept-url pattern="/login*" access="isAnonymous()" />
-        <intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />
 
-        <http-basic />
-        
-    </http>
+	<http use-expressions="true">
+		<intercept-url pattern="/login*" access="isAnonymous()" />
 
-    <authentication-manager>
-        <authentication-provider>
-            <user-service>
-                <user name="user1" password="user1Pass" authorities="ROLE_USER" />
-            </user-service>
-        </authentication-provider>
-    </authentication-manager>
+		<intercept-url pattern="/permitAll" access="permitAll" />
+
+		<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isAuthenticated()" />
+
+		<http-basic />
+
+	</http>
+
+	<http pattern="/securityNone" security="none" />
+
+	<authentication-manager>
+		<authentication-provider>
+			<user-service>
+				<user name="user1" password="user1Pass" authorities="ROLE_USER" />
+			</user-service>
+		</authentication-provider>
+	</authentication-manager>
 
 </beans:beans>
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