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Relationship between Application Request Routing and URL Rewrite modules
As most of you know by now, Application Request Routing (ARR) CTP1 was released in early July. (Download x86 here and x64 here. Support is available via this forum.) ARR relies on the URL Rewrite module for inspecting the incoming HTTP requests and making the routing decisions based on the rewrite rules. These two modules work together via an extensibility point in ARR and the same extensibility can be used for routing HTTP requests via other routing logic.
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IIS Extensions and servicing
This week, IIS team has released two servicing patches for the following IIS Extensions:
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SSL off-loading in Application Request Routing
One of the features that has not been called out explicitly in Application Request Routing (ARR) documentations is SSL off-loading. This is a feature in which the communications between the clients and the ARR server are done via SSL while the communications between the ARR server and the content servers are done via clear text. In this scenario, SSL is terminated at the ARR server.
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Application Request Routing (ARR) as a reverse proxy?
I have been asked if Application Request Routing (ARR) can be used as a reverse proxy - and the answer is YES!
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Application Request Routing CTP1 has been released.
Application Request Routing (ARR) was just released yesterday (July 2, 08) and I wanted to highlight some of the core scenarios that the CTP1 release enables. (You can get more information on ARR and helpful walkthroughs here.)
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Application Request Routing (ARR) CTP1 and PowerShell Provider CTP2 modules are released.
Today, we are excited to announce two module releases for IIS7: