HOW TO: Mimic Virtual Directory

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Will Strohl
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05/06/2008 5:20 PM
I know that PB v3.x can handle virtual directories? Is there an example of how to do it?

John Mitchell
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05/06/2008 5:28 PM
You can either create a physical folder with a static default.htm file in it by using the "Save As Static File" feature on the virtual-path setting or you can enable the StaticFileHandler by putting a wildcard mapping in IIS manager to the ASP.Net ISAPI dll, and then creating a virtual path that is only a virtual folder. There is a pinned post in this forum for enabling the StaticFileHandler.

Will Strohl
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05/06/2008 6:27 PM
Do you have any documentation about any security implications of enabling the wild card in IIS?

John Mitchell
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05/07/2008 5:12 PM
I don't have a specific document, but the only problem that might come into play that I can think of is if you enable it and then you enable a static file handler to deliver .config files. The PageBlaster StaticFileHandler will not deliver .config, .as?x, .webinfo, or .resx files even if you inadvertantly set it for that. You can read up more on it here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5c5ae5e0-f4f9-44b0-a743-f4c3a5ff68ec.mspx?mfr=true

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