1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mcs/class/referencesource/System.Web/Configuration/WebConfigurationHost.cs b/mcs/class/referencesource/System.Web/Configuration/WebConfigurationHost.cs
index 7c7f605996a..143b9eca9dd 100644
--- a/mcs/class/referencesource/System.Web/Configuration/WebConfigurationHost.cs
+++ b/mcs/class/referencesource/System.Web/Configuration/WebConfigurationHost.cs
@@ -476,9 +476,9 @@ namespace System.Web.Configuration {
                     // with these characters. We fallback to the default GetStreamName failure behavior which is to
                     // return null.
 
-                    // Dev10 
-
-
+                    // Dev10 Bug 835901: '?' (%3F), '*' (%2A), and ':' (%3A) are valid in a URL.  We need to return null
+                    // if the path contains one of these characters.  Instead of explicitly checking for these characters, 
+                    // we will rely on Path.Combine and Path.GetFullPath to throw when the path is invalid.
                     return CombineAndValidatePath(directory, baseName);
                 }