title: IIS 7.5: Force Keep Alive header in Response
body: <p>Based on my research, IIS 7.5 doesn't include the <strong>Connection:Keep-Alive</strong> in its response for reasons described <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12637473/shouldnt-the-iis-send-keep-alive-header">here</a>. Unfortunately, I have a non conforming client connecting to my web service that won't reuse sockets unless it sees <strong>Connection:Keep-Alive</strong> in the response header.  I've tried programmatically adding this header but IIS appears to purposely strip it out. Is there any other way that I can force this header to be sent back to my naughty client?</p>