[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]

### HeaderWaitTimeout

This property specifies the amount of time, in seconds, the server should wait for all HTTP headers for the request (indicated by a double carriage return) to be received before disconnecting the client. The purpose of this property is to help prevent a common variant of the DoS attack that attempts to max out connection limits and keep those connections connected.

Attribute Name | Attribute Value
Data Type | DWORD
Attributes | INHERIT
Default Value | 0
MetaFlagsEx | CACHE_PROPERTY_MODIFIED | WAS_NOTIFICATION
User Type | IIS_MD_UT_SERVER
StartingNumber |
EndingNumber |
ID | 9204

### Access Locations

This property is accessible at the following locations:

Metabase Path | IIS Admin Object Type

### IIS Admin Base Object Information

The following table lists additional information required only for code that uses the IIS Admin Base Object.

Metabase identifier | MD_HEADER_WAIT_TIMEOUT
Data type | DWORD
User type | IIS_MD_UT_SERVER

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