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--- wiki:deny_web_access_to_a_folder_by_adding_a_request_filter_to_iis_web.config [2017/11/15 21:16] – wikiadmin
+++ wiki:deny_web_access_to_a_folder_by_adding_a_request_filter_to_iis_web.config [2017/11/15 21:18] – [Stop IIS from serving direct access to certain folders] wikiadmin
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 Open Internet Information Services Manager and select the website that you are interesting in denying web access to certain folders within that site.  You can either add a properly configured web.config file to the website root, or add a web.config file within the particular sub-directory of the root, to block access to those directories / folders from web browsers.
-Or you can use Request Filtering to Add a "Deny" list for each folder you want to restrict access, such as /data/, /_cgi-bin/, /admin/, etc.  This deny sequence list will be configured in the web.config file, either in the root, or in the sub-folder itself.
+Or you can use Request Filtering to Add a "Deny" list for each folder you want to restrict access, such as /data/, /_cgi-bin/, /admin/, etc.  This deny sequence list can be configured in the web.config file within the root, or you can deny access by creating a properly scripted web.config file within the 'denied' sub-folder itself.
 =====Directions to Deny Direct Access to Certain folders using Request Filtering=====