security-constraint with no login-config element

[M Conlin]

My reading says that if <login-config> element is present in the DD
then a user must be authenticated before accessing <security-constraint> elements.

What happens if you have constrained resources via the <secuirity-constraint> but no <login-config> element is present in the DD?
Is there a default login-config OR since no authentication method is given, nobody can access the constrained resouces?

[Ankit Garg]

Isn't the best solution to find out is try it out yourself??

[M Conlin]

Ankit Garg wrote:Isn't the best solution to find out is try it out yourself??

Yes, but I am currently studying without access to my dev machine.
I was hoping someone on here might simply know.

[Lucas Smith]

You will get an error from server. You will not be able to get secured collection.