security Element [IIS Settings Schema]
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For more information about the security element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Security <security>. |
Specifies the section group that contains security-related sections.
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
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Element |
Description |
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access |
Optional element. Specifies configuration settings for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) such as whether to use client certificates for authentication and crypto strength. |
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applicationDependencies |
Optional element. Specifies an application that has dependencies to one or more CGI or ISAPI extension restrictions. |
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authentication |
Optional element. Specifies authentication-related settings |
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authorization |
Optional element. Specifies authorization-related settings. |
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ipSecurity |
Optional element. Specifies access restrictions based on the IP version 4 address or DNS domain name. |
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isapiCgiRestriction |
Optional element. Specifies settings that restrict which CGI and ISAPI programs are allowed to run on the server. |
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requestFiltering |
Optional element. Specifies configuration settings for request filtering. |
Parent Elements
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Element |
Description |
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configuration |
Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7. |
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system.webServer |
Specifies the top-level section group (in ApplicationHost.config) in which this element is defined. |
For more information about the security element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Security <security>.
