IIrrelevant - IIS7 http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/ Irrelevant musings about software development en-us Dan Morphis Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:02:31 GMT newtelligence dasBlog 2.3.9074.18820 blog@milkcarton.com blog@milkcarton.com http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/Trackback.aspx?guid=1e8f169b-eb16-4ab1-921f-027743bc9148 http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/pingback.aspx http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,1e8f169b-eb16-4ab1-921f-027743bc9148.aspx Dan Morphis http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/CommentView,guid,1e8f169b-eb16-4ab1-921f-027743bc9148.aspx http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=1e8f169b-eb16-4ab1-921f-027743bc9148

After not blogging for over a year, I decided to get back in the swing of things and write more. I clicked on a link and got the dreaded 404. So I decided to investigate.

About 6-8 months ago I upgraded my server last year to Server 2008 and IIS 7. I checked that my blog loaded, but never checked any links. It turns out that IIS 7 be default blogs "+" in URLs because it can pose security issues. Well, all my blog post links have "+" in them. This broke things :(

After some digging, I figured out how to fix it. Add the following to your Web.config file
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <security>
      <requestFiltering allowDoubleEscaping="True"/>
    </security>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

My blog links were broken, and the improved security of IIS 7 was to blame http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,1e8f169b-eb16-4ab1-921f-027743bc9148.aspx http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/2010/06/28/My+Blog+Links+Were+Broken+And+The+Improved+Security+Of+IIS+7+Was+To+Blame.aspx Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:02:31 GMT <p> After not blogging for over a year, I decided to get back in the swing of things and write more. I clicked on a link and got the dreaded 404. So I decided to investigate. </p> <p> About 6-8 months ago I upgraded my server last year to Server 2008 and IIS 7. I checked that my blog loaded, but never checked any links. It turns out that IIS 7 be default blogs "+" in URLs because it can pose security issues. Well, all my blog post links have "+" in them. This broke things :( </p> <p> After some digging, I figured out how to fix it. Add the following to your Web.config file<br /> &lt;configuration&gt;<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;system.webServer&gt;<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;security&gt;<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;requestFiltering allowDoubleEscaping="True"/&gt;<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/security&gt;<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/system.webServer&gt;<br /> &lt;/configuration&gt;<br /> </p> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=1e8f169b-eb16-4ab1-921f-027743bc9148" /> http://www.milkcarton.com/blog/CommentView,guid,1e8f169b-eb16-4ab1-921f-027743bc9148.aspx IIS7 Windows