requestFiltering Element for system.ftpServer [IIS Settings Schema]

Note

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

Configures FTP Request Filtering, which is a customizable set of rules for blocking specified FTP requests.

Syntax

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this section.

Attribute	Description
allowHighBitCharacters	Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether to allow non-ASCII characters in URLs. The default value is true.

allowHighBitCharacters

Optional Boolean attribute.

Specifies whether to allow non-ASCII characters in URLs.

The default value is true.

Element	Description
fileExtensions	Optional element. Specifies which file name extensions are allowed or denied to limit types of requests sent to the FTP server.
requestLimits	Optional element. Specifies limits on requests processed by the FTP server.
hiddenSegments	Optional element. Specifies that certain segments of URLs can be made inaccessible to clients.
denyUrlSequences	Specifies sequences that should be denied to help prevent URL-based attacks on the FTP server.

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7.
system.ftpServer	Specifies the top-level section group (in ApplicationHost.config) in which this element is defined.
security	Specifies the root element for configuring security settings on an FTP server.

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

Configuration locations	ApplicationHost.config
Requirements	IIS 7