Where is request filtering iis7

Skip to content. Star Permalink main. Branches Tags. Could not load branches. Could not load tags. Each default security setting you change opens up for a little more potential badness that you need to handle manually.

I assume that you are not building SQL queries this way. But the more sneaky stuff comes when you store user input in your database, then later displaying them. The malevolent user could store JavaScript or HTML in your database that go out unencoded, which would in turn threaten other users of your system.

I just tried your code and it works fine. You are aware that this mime type is being added to the global mime type collection and not to a site? I'm guess you're either using notepad. Notepad won't reload the file upon a change and NotePad2 needs to be told to display a file change notification alt-F5 , out of the box it won't. Also try adding something unusual like. I guarantee it'll be there. Further to your comments below, I'm not sure how you're able to open applicationHost.

Maximum length of the content requested. Maximum length of the URL. Maximum size of a query string. To configure general request-filter options by using the UI Open IIS Manager and select the level for which you want to configure request filter.

In Features View , double-click Request Filtering. In the Actions pane, click Edit Feature Settings. To configure file name extensions by using the UI Open IIS Manager and select the level for which you want to configure request filter. Select the File Name Extensions tab. Type the file name extension in the box, and then click OK. Using this feature, you can define filters that can do the following: Scan the request URL.

Scan for query strings contained in the URL. Scan for specific header fields. Define what file name extensions the filter applies to. Define strings you want to deny. Select the Rules tab. In the Actions pane, double-click Add Filtering Rule. In the Name box, type a name for the filtering rule. If you want the query string scanned, select the Scan query string check box. Archived Forums. Security for IIS 7 and above. Sign in to vote. User posted It seems that for some instances of IIS 8?

Is there a reason for this inconsistency? Is it determined by what components are installed? Thanks for any explanation.