Do you know 'httpHandlers' or 'httpModules' sections in web.config must contain a 'remove' or 'clear' element?
Last updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 8 months ago.See historyIf web.config contains a <httpHandlers>
or <httpModules>
section, that section must contain a <remove... />
or a <clear />
element.
This basically forces developers to explicitly enable inheritance in nested virtual directories. In 99% of cases this developers won't use inheritance on these two sections, however it causes issues when somebody wants to add a module or handler to the parent virtual directory.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<add verb="*"
path="*.New"
type="MyHandler.New,MyHandler"/>
<add verb="GET,HEAD"
path="*.MyNewFileExtension"
type="MyHandler.MNFEHandler,MyHandler.dll"/>
</httpHandlers>
<system.web>
</configuration>
Figure: Bad example
<configuration>
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<clear/>
<add verb="*"
path="*.New"
type="MyHandler.New,MyHandler"/>
<add verb="GET,HEAD"
path="*.MyNewFileExtension"
type="MyHandler.MNFEHandler,MyHandler.dll"/>
</httpHandlers>
<system.web>
<configuration>
Figure: Good example