Spring Security permitAll() not allowing anonymous access

Question

I have a single method that I want to allow both anonymous and authenticated access to.

I am using Spring Security 3.2.4 with java based configuration.

The o

Answer 1

@Override
public void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
    http.anonymous().and()...;
}

@Override
public void configure(WebSecurity web) throws Exception {
    web.ignoring().mvcMatchers("/ping**");
}