iis7 default mime type behavior

Question

So in IIS 7 if there is no specific MIME definition for a certain extension, it will refuse to serve it (404) even if you can see it in a directory listing. I\'m sure this

Answer 1

Add a new MIME type for files of extension * with a type of application/octet-stream. This will provide a default MIME type for all files that don't have one and bypass the blocking.

The risk, however, is you end up sharing your confidential database, configuration files and whatnot, so make sure you know what you are doing before you open your server to all downloads.