[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]

HeaderWaitTimeout

This property specifies the amount of time, in seconds, the server should wait for all HTTP headers for the request (indicated by a double carriage return) to be received before disconnecting the client. The purpose of this property is to help prevent a common variant of the DoS attack that attempts to max out connection limits and keep those connections connected.
Attribute NameAttribute Value
Data TypeDWORD
AttributesINHERIT
Default Value0
MetaFlagsExCACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED | WAS_NOTIFICATION
User TypeIIS_MD_UT_SERVER
StartingNumber
EndingNumber
ID9204

Access Locations

This property is accessible at the following locations:

Metabase PathIIS Admin Object Type

IIS Admin Base Object Information

The following table lists additional information required only for code that uses the IIS Admin Base Object.

Metabase identifier
MD_HEADER_WAIT_TIMEOUT
Data typeDWORD
User typeIIS_MD_UT_SERVER

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