http handlers not working on web server but works on localhost <p>i have a couple of xml files in my asp.net web application that i don't want anyone to access other than my server side code. this is what i tried..</p> <pre><code>&lt;add verb="*" path="*.xml" type="System.Web.HttpForbiddenHandler" /&gt; </code></pre> <p>i wrote this inside the <b>&lt;httpHandlers&gt;</b></p> <p>it works well on the localhost but not in the server... the server without any hesitation displays the xml file... i have no idea how to proceed... </p> <p>thanks in advance..:)</p> <p><b>Update</b>: the server has IIS6, windows server 2003</p>