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PagesSection.ValidateRequest Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets or sets a value that determines whether ASP.NET examines input from the browser for dangerous values. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

Namespace:  System.Web.Configuration
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
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[ConfigurationPropertyAttribute("validateRequest", DefaultValue = true)]
public bool ValidateRequest { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if ASP.NET examines input from the browser for dangerous values; otherwise, false. The default value is true.

Request validation is performed by comparing all input data to a list of potentially dangerous values. If a match occurs, ASP.NET raises an HttpRequestValidationException.

The following code example shows how to use the ValidateRequest property.

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// Get the current ValidateRequest property value.
Console.WriteLine(
    "Current ValidateRequest value: '{0}'",
    pagesSection.ValidateRequest);

// Set the ValidateRequest property to true.
pagesSection.ValidateRequest = true;

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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Does NOT work in ASP.net 4.0
ASP.net 4.0 silently ignores this setting. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.configuration.httpruntimesection.requestvalidationmode.aspx for more information.
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