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I have a page called ..hi i get this error when visiting the page. Why is that illegal?
Server Error in '/' Application.
HTTP Error 400 - Bad Request.
Version Information: ASP.NET Development Server 10.0.0.0
As part of the URI Specification (section 5.2, “relative resolution”), dots are always removed from the URI and used to specify relative paths. The double-dot
..refers to the parent path.It’s technically an invalid URI because these relative path tokens need to be followed by a path separator, i.e. the
/. In your case, it’s being followed by the texthi, which doesn’t conform to the specification and comes back as a “bad request.”