Microsoft URLScan

Microsoft URLScan by Microsoft Corp.

  • Editor's Rating: 4 stars
  • User Rating: 4 (1)
  • Price:Free

filter IIS web requests URLScan, screens all incoming requests to the IIS web server, and filters them based on rules set by the administrator. This significantly improves the security of the server by helping ensure that it only responds to valid requests. URLScan is effective in protecting web servers because most attacks share a common characteristic they involve the use of a request thats unusual in some way. For instance, the request might be extremely long, request an unusual action, be encoded using an alternate character set, or include character sequences that are rarely seen in legitimate requests. By filtering out all unusual requests, URLScan prevents them from reaching the server and potentially causing damage. URLScan is extremely flexible. Its default rule set fully protects a server against virtually all known security vulnerabilities affecting IIS, as well as potentially protecting against additional, as-yet undiscovered attack methods. The default rules can be modified and new rules can be added in order to customize the tools actions to match the needs of a particular server.

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Publisher Microsoft Corp. (35) Popularity 11
Price Free O/S Server 2000/2003/2008
Version 3.1 Requirements None
Last updated Nov 01, 2008 File Size 347 Kb

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Urlscan works 4 stars by coldcertified
This application works well as long as you know what your application is doing. Like anything, to get it configured properly make make adjustments to the INI file and review the log to hammer out any issues. Good thing to use if using IIS 5 or 6. IIS 7.5 has URLScan features already built in... showShow review details
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