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For more information about the RequestFiltering element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Request Filtering <requestFiltering>.
Specifies configuration settings for request filtering.
Syntax
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
allowDoubleEscaping |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether to allow URLs with double escape characters. The default value is false. |
allowHighBitCharacters |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether to allow non-ASCII characters in URLs. The default value is true. |
Child Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
fileExtensions |
Optional element. Specifies which file name extensions are allowed or denied to limit types of requests sent to the Web server. |
filteringRules |
Optional element. Specifies a collection of custom request filtering rules. Note This element was added in IIS 7.5. |
requestLimits |
Optional element. Specifies limits on requests processed by the Web server. |
verbs |
Optional element. Specifies which HTTP verbs are allowed or denied to limit types of requests sent to the Web server. |
hiddenSegments |
Optional element. Specifies that certain segments of URLs can be made inaccessible to clients. |
denyUrlSequences |
Optional element. Specifies sequences that should be denied to help prevent URL-based attacks on the Web server. |
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
configuration |
Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7. |
system.webServer |
Specifies the top-level section group (in ApplicationHost.config) in which this element is defined. |
security |
Specifies the section group that contains security-related sections. |
Remarks
For more information about the RequestFiltering element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Request Filtering <requestFiltering>.
Element Information
Configuration locations |
Machine.config ApplicationHost.config Root application Web.config Application Web.config Directory Web.config |
Requirements |
IIS 7 |
See Also
Reference
fileExtensions Element for requestFiltering [IIS Settings Schema]
filteringRules Element for requestFiltering for security [IIS Settings Schema]
requestLimits Element for requestFiltering [IIS Settings Schema]
verbs Element for requestFiltering [IIS Settings Schema]
hiddenSegments Element for requestFiltering [IIS Settings Schema]
denyUrlSequences Element for requestFiltering [IIS Settings Schema]