O'Callaghan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>if you have a file name with a % in iis blocks the request and i cant find
>where to change it, it's not urlscan but a core option.
>
>Any idea where i can change this?

<Sean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi Guys thanks for the info.
>
>What i am refering to is if i have two files in the root of the wwwroot
>folder one called sean%me.doc and one called sean_me.doc the later works but
>the former does not, IIS is blocking the request and it gets ritten to the
>http log files. URLSCAN use to block this, but i can;t find a setting in 6.0
>to change this.

>Cheers,
>Sean
>
>"Ken Schaefer" wrote:
>
>> "Jeff Cochran" <jeff.nospam@zina.com> wrote in message
>> news:42a61d79.195806875@msnews.microsoft.com...
>> : On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 05:17:17 -0700, "Sean O'Callaghan" <Sean
>> : O'Callaghan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> :
>> : >if you have a file name with a % in iis blocks the request and i cant
>> find
>> : >where to change it, it's not urlscan but a core option.
>> : >
>> : >Any idea where i can change this?
>> :
>> : The percent character "%" doesn't work because it indicates an ASCII
>> : character code follows. So this URL:
>> :
>> : http://www.sample.com/discount%2005.htm
>> :
>> : Actually translates to this:
>> :
>> : http://www.sample.com/discount 05.htm
>> :
>>
>> But %26 indicates a % right? :-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>