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add Element for headerLimits [IIS Settings Schema]
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For more information about the headerLimits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Header Limits <headerLimits>. |
Adds a limit for HTML headers for a specific domain to the headerLimits collection.

Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
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header | Required string attribute. Specifies the domain of the header. |
sizeLimit | Required uint attribute. Specifies the maximum size of the request, in bytes. Setting the value to 0, effectively denies all headers from the domain. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
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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. |
requestFiltering | Specifies configuration settings for request filtering. |
requestLimits | Specifies limits on requests processed by the Web server. |
headerLimits | Specifies size limits for HTML headers. |

Remarks
For more information about the headerLimits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Header Limits <headerLimits>.

Element Information
Configuration locations | Machine.config ApplicationHost.config Root application Web.config Application Web.config Directory Web.config |
Requirements | Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0 |