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filteringRules Element for requestFiltering for security [IIS Settings Schema]

IIS 7.0

NoteNote:

For more information about the filteringRules element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Request Filtering Rules <filteringRules>.

Specifies a collection of custom request filtering rules which define request filtering behavior based on user-defined criteria.

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element

Description

filteringRule

Optional element.

Adds a rule to the collection of custom request filtering rules.

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.

requestFiltering

Specifies configuration settings for request filtering.

For more information about the filteringRules element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Request Filtering Rules <filteringRules>.

Configuration locations

ApplicationHost.config

Requirements

IIS 7

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