Used Ionic's ISAPI Rewriting Filter for Windows?


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Ionic Shade's ISAPI Rewriting Filter (IIRF) is a free module for IIS that lets you specify rewrite rules using regular expressions for URL manipulation.
  • Pros

    • Specifies rewrite rules using regular expressions
    • Free and powerful alternative to commercial ISAPI filters
    • Enhancements for large-scale servers with multiple websites
    • Independent configuration for each website or web application
    • Works for static and non-ASP.NET files
  • Cons

    • Not explicitly stated in the provided text

Used Ionic's ISAPI Rewriting Filter for Windows?


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Latest update
Version
2
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows XP
Additional Requirements
Windows XP/2003 Server
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Specify rewrite rules using regular expressions.

Apache has mod_rewrite; now IIS has a small, cheap (free) rewriting module Ionic's ISAPI Rewriting Filter (IIRF). Specify rewrite rules using regular expressions. An incoming URL like http://foo/bar/bam can be translated into http://foo/baz/bam.jsp or http://foo/baz/bam.php. ASP.NET has a URL mapping mechanism, but it works only for filetypes that are handled by ASP.NET: aspx, ascx, asmx, and so on. For static files or non-ASP.NET files, (XML, GIF, JPEG, CSS), the ASP.NET mapping won't work cleanly. IIS, like Apache's HTTP server, has an extension mechanism: it is called the ISAPI filter. There are commercial ISAPI filters that endow IIS with the ability to re-write URLs. This is a cheap and powerful alternative. Version 2 includes enhancements for use on large-scale servers with many multiple Web sites, Now, install the ISAPI filter once, and configure each Web site or Web application independently.


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