Re: 404 error for certain extension on IIS 6

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From: Chris (mail_at_example.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:43:32 -0500

Thanks, that did it!

Chris

Kristofer Gafvert wrote:
> Hello,
>
> IIS 6.0 does not serve unknown extensions by default. This is a new
> security feature.
>
> So you need to manually allow this file to be served. To do this:
>
> - Open IIS Manager.
> - Right click the servername/website/folder (depending on how wide you
> want this to apply), and click Properties.
> - If you selected the servername, click the MIME Types button,
> otherwise, click the HTTP Headers tab, and then click the Mime Types
> button.
> - Click New button.
> - For extension, type ".rtp" (without the quotes)
> - For MIME Type, type "application/octet-stream" (without the quotes)
>
>
> I recommend you to not apply this globally (setting it on the
> servername), unless you really need it. This is to keep maximum
> security.
>
> (Although this setting does not impact security, but if you for example
> use the wildcard * as extension and set it on the "servername", then i
> would call it a security issue.)
>
> Good Luck!
>
>

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