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Ed Hansberry
08-04-2003, 10:00 PM
<a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/331735">http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/331735</a><br /><br />If you have the Microsoft beta webserver for the Pocket PC installed, you may need to uninstall it until a security hole is plugged. I believe it comes in the SDK. It claims the default install leaves the system wide open. Microsoft has apparently pulled it from their site and is working on a patch.
qmrq
08-04-2003, 11:09 PM
Microsoft web server insecure?! Holy sh*t! You've -got- to be kidding me.
dlangton
08-05-2003, 12:54 AM
Well, the download WAS pulled. It's still available elsewhere, of course. In case anybody is wondering what the software is all about, you can read more about it at http://www.davespda.com/features/imginpie.htm or http://www.angrycoder.com/article.aspx?cid=11&y=2001&m=10&d=18 or http://www.angers.ensam.fr/wce/_0_site_web_2001/site_anglais/travail_angers/serveur_web.htm
qmrq
08-05-2003, 01:03 AM
Hmm. I was not aware that it was available for download anywhere. I have my copy from the SDK. (though I never got it to function properly)
dlangton
08-05-2003, 01:40 AM
The web server I referred to is a slightly older version referred to as SQL Dashboard. The one in the SDK is a few months newer. The nice thing about the older version is that it only can be started manually - by running an executable.
heov
08-05-2003, 01:43 AM
it's "Vulnerability"... you forgot the 'L' ;)

Anyway, i've never even heard of this before. Does this allow PPC to act as a webserver or something?
qmrq
08-05-2003, 01:52 AM
Yes. Though I greatly prefer Apache.
ctmagnus
08-05-2003, 04:37 AM
oh cr@p! I use this. Good thing it's only on the PPC that i use ~ twice a week now, and is usually disconnected when I do so.
vetteguy
08-05-2003, 12:56 PM
...why would anyone want to run a webserver on a Pocket PC? I mean, yes, I know you CAN, but is there any practical application for this?
Ed Hansberry
08-05-2003, 01:23 PM
...why would anyone want to run a webserver on a Pocket PC? I mean, yes, I know you CAN, but is there any practical application for this?
Ad hoc file sharing, remote device management, using ASP to get local database values, etc.

The average user wouldn't have much of a need, but devs and admins may.
qmrq
08-05-2003, 04:54 PM
You have it all wrong. Don't think "Why?", think "Why not?".
trachy
08-05-2003, 05:02 PM
...why would anyone want to run a webserver on a Pocket PC? I mean, yes, I know you CAN, but is there any practical application for this?
Ad hoc file sharing, remote device management, using ASP to get local database values, etc.

The average user wouldn't have much of a need, but devs and admins may.

One word. Übergeek. :D
qmrq
08-05-2003, 05:05 PM
One word. Übergeek. :D

That would be me. :D
sponge
08-05-2003, 06:55 PM
I grabbed this (screw the hole, my PPC is behind my router anyway) and I can see it very useful with a WiFi connection (built-in even moreso) being able to grab files from anywhere.
ctmagnus
08-05-2003, 08:38 PM
...why would anyone want to run a webserver on a Pocket PC? I mean, yes, I know you CAN, but is there any practical application for this?

W?BIC!

Or what Ed said.
ctmagnus
08-05-2003, 08:41 PM
Kinda OT, but has anyone had problems with this starting up? When I do want to use it, it sometimes won't kick in. Other times, it's fine.