add Element for headerLimits [IIS Settings Schema]

Note

For more information about the headerLimits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Header Limits <headerLimits>.

Adds a limit for HTML headers for a specific domain to the headerLimits collection.

Syntax

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

Attribute	Description
header	Required string attribute. Specifies the domain of the header.
sizeLimit	Required uint attribute. Specifies the maximum size of the request, in bytes. Setting the value to 0, effectively denies all headers from the domain.

header

Required string attribute.

Specifies the domain of the header.

sizeLimit

Required uint attribute.

Specifies the maximum size of the request, in bytes. Setting the value to 0, effectively denies all headers from the domain.

None.

Element	Description
configuration	Specifies the root element in every configuration file that is used by IIS 7.
system.webServer	Specifies the top-level section group (in ApplicationHost.config) in which this element is defined.
security	Specifies the section group that contains security-related sections.
requestFiltering	Specifies configuration settings for request filtering.
requestLimits	Specifies limits on requests processed by the Web server.
headerLimits	Specifies size limits for HTML headers.

For more information about the headerLimits element, see the following topic on the Microsoft IIS.net Web site: Header Limits <headerLimits>.

Configuration locations

Machine.config

ApplicationHost.config

Root application Web.config

Application Web.config

Directory Web.config

Requirements

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.0