ASP.NET MVC: How to Route Search Term with . (Period) at the end

Question

I get a 404 response from .Net MVC when I try to make a request where my search term ends with a . (period). This is the route that I\'m using:

Answer 1

If you are using .NET 4.0, you can set this flag in the system.web section of your web.config and it will be allowed:

I've tested it and it works. Haack has an explanation of it.