DOCUMENT:Q187503  21-MAY-2002  [iis]
TITLE   :Very Long URL Passed to ASP May Cause Access Violation
PRODUCT :Internet Information Server
PROD/VER::3.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbWinNT400sp4fix

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Internet Information Server version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When a very long Uniform Resource Locator (URL), usually with hundreds of
forward slash (/) characters, is passed to an Active Server Pages (ASP) page on
the Web server, an access violation occurs.

WORKAROUND
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To resolve this problem, obtain the following fix.

This fix should have the following time stamp:

      04/10/98  07:49p               382,576 asp.dll (Intel)
      04/10/98  08:04p               557,328 asp.dll (Alpha)

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Internet Information Server
version 3.0.

A supported fix is now available, but has not been fully regression tested and
should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Contact
Microsoft Technical Support for more information.



Additional query words: violate hot fix qfe MapPath akz

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Keywords          : kbWinNT400sp4fix 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbiis300
Version           : :3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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