Disable http keep-alive on ASMX webservice

Question

I have a .net webservice (old-school, not WCF) running on a website on IIS7.

I need to disable http keep-alive for the webservice, but not for the rest of the site.

Is it possible to override what IIS is doing here, just for that service?

I cannot change client code, which is calling in with http 1.1.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 04 '11 at 20:32

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<configuration>
   <system.webServer>
      <httpProtocol allowKeepAlive="false" />
   </system.webServer>
</configuration>

answered Nov 04 '11 at 20:32

Etch

Can you explain how that will satisfy my requirement to not disable keep-alives for the rest of the site? Thanks. – Nik Nov 07 '11 at 09:18
Are you not able to extract the service to its own site? I know you said you cant change the client code, but are you able to modify where it is pointing if you did that? – Etch Nov 07 '11 at 14:50
Unfortunately not - clients are pointing at a specific url which can't be changed. – Nik Nov 07 '11 at 17:22
I do not think there is a way to do what you want without involving IIS/a full application setting/changing client code to use HttpWebRequest (assuming .NET). The only other thing I wonder if you could get away with is using an HttpModule to intercept that request then you could directly call the service with a HttpWebRequest to use the KeepAlive property. However I have never done this, its just an idea. – Etch Nov 08 '11 at 22:01

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