passing variable with default document on IIS

[RWunder]

I'm using IIS on NT4.0 SP6a
The site is working fine.
The site is set to have 'index.asp' as the default document
so when the URL:

http://demo.raw-services.com

is entered you get 'index.asp'
as the default document. This works fine.

Now, if you type:

http://demo.raw-services.com?from=me

or

http://demo.raw-services.com/?from=me

either case the site still displays but I cannot read the variable 'from'.

If I type:

http://demo.raw-services.com/index.asp?from=me

I can read the variable.

I use the x=Request.QueryString("from&quot to access this
variable.

Why does it not work for the default document syntax?
Security issue, syntax or bug?

Here is the beginning of index.asp file:
<%
if isempty(Request.QueryString(&quot;from&quot) then
Session(&quot;Referrer&quot = &quot;NONE&quot;
else
Session(&quot;Referrer&quot = Ucase(Request.QueryString(&quot;from&quot)
Response.Redirect(&quot;

http://demo.raw-services.com/&quot;)

end if
%>

 

[codestorm]

Well I would imagine that it would see that there is no specific page asked for and hence redirect to index.asp, losing the QueryString in the process. I doubt it's possible to pass QueryString params without giving them a page to go to. <insert witticism here>
codestorm

 

[GIGN]

This is something that has been enabled in IIS 5.0...

Default Document Query String Behavior In IIS 5.0, if an .asp (or .cdx) file is configured as the default document, it can now receive a query string from a URL that does not specify the default document. For example, the URLs

http://www.microsoft.com/default.asp?newuser=true

and

http://www.microsoft.com/?newuser=true

will both send a query string value to the default .asp file


From IIS5.0 docs:

http://www.learnasp.com/iishelp/iis/misc/default.asp