ISAPI Rewrite description
An application that gives you the freedom to go beyond the standard URL schemes and develop your own scheme

ISAPI_Rewrite is a powerful URL manipulation engine based on regular expressions. It acts mostly like Apache's mod_Rewrite, but is designed specifically for Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS).

ISAPI_Rewrite is a tool that allows you create dynamic host-header based sites.
ISAPI_Rewrite is an ISAPI filter written in pure C/C++ so it is extremely fast. ISAPI_Rewrite gives you the freedom to go beyond the standard URL schemes and develop your own scheme.

Here

are some key features of "ISAPI Rewrite":

· Optimize your dynamic content like forums or e-stores to be indexed by a popular search engines.
· Block hot linking of your data files by other sites.
· Develop a custom authorization scheme and manage access to the static files using custom scripts and database.
· Proxy content of one site into directory on another site.
· Make your Intranet servers to be accessible from the Internet by using only one Internet server with a very flexible permissions and security options.
· Create dynamic host-header based sites using a single physical site.
· Create virtual directory structure of the site hiding physical files and extensions. This also helps moving from one technology to another.
· Return a browser-dependent content even for static files.


Requirements:

· IIS


Limitations:

· 45-day trial period