Redirect url using rewrite in web.config not working for some invalid characters in ASP.NET MVC

Asked Nov 18 '16 at 15:41

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I tried to provide a rewrite url rule in web.config:

<rewrite>
     <rules>
        <rule name="RedirectToMainPage" stopProcessing="true">
           <match url="(&lt;|&gt;|&quot;|&apos;)+" />
           <action type="Redirect" url="/" />
        </rule>
     </rules>
</rewrite>

So, if I access http://website.com/test" then I will be redirected to http://website.com/ (this is ok also for ' character )

But, if I access: http://website.com/test> then I didn't get redirected to http://website.com/ but 404 page is shown. (also for < symbol)

Why ?

asked Nov 18 '16 at 15:41

Snake Eyes

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`<` and `>` are [not valid url characters](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1547940/542251) – Liam Nov 18 '16 at 15:44
And how to redirect to main page if those characters is met in url ? – Snake Eyes Nov 18 '16 at 15:45
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Those characters should **never** be in the URL. What are you trying to do here? If someone sends a URL with invalid characters in it you should return an error code. – Liam Nov 18 '16 at 15:49
Bad people do that. No me... – Snake Eyes Nov 18 '16 at 17:35

Redirect url using rewrite in web.config not working for some invalid characters in ASP.NET MVC

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