security Element [IIS Settings Schema]

Note

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

Specifies the section group that contains security-related sections.

Syntax

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

None.

Element	Description
access	Optional element. Specifies configuration settings for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) such as whether to use client certificates for authentication and crypto strength.
applicationDependencies	Optional element. Specifies an application that has dependencies to one or more CGI or ISAPI extension restrictions.
authentication	Optional element. Specifies authentication-related settings
authorization	Optional element. Specifies authorization-related settings.
ipSecurity	Optional element. Specifies access restrictions based on the IP version 4 address or DNS domain name.
isapiCgiRestriction	Optional element. Specifies settings that restrict which CGI and ISAPI programs are allowed to run on the server.
requestFiltering	Optional element. Specifies configuration settings for request filtering.

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.

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

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