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08-04-2003, 10:00 PM

Ed Hansberry Contributing Editor Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,228		Vulnerability In Beta Webserver For the Pocket PC http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/331735 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.

08-04-2003, 11:09 PM

qmrq Thinker Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 443		Microsoft web server insecure?! Holy sh*t! You've -got- to be kidding me.

08-05-2003, 12:54 AM

dlangton Intellectual Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 254		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.as...2001&m=10&d=18 or http://www.angers.ensam.fr/wce/_0_si...erveur_web.htm

08-05-2003, 01:03 AM

qmrq Thinker Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 443		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)

08-05-2003, 01:40 AM

dlangton Intellectual Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 254		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.

08-05-2003, 01:43 AM

heov Thinker Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 381		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?

08-05-2003, 01:52 AM

qmrq Thinker Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 443		Yes. Though I greatly prefer Apache.

08-05-2003, 04:37 AM

ctmagnus 5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site! Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,616		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. __________________ iPhone 4! ☠☠☠ Mid-2010 15" MacBook Pro! ☠☠☠ Gateway LT2102h! ☠☠☠ Dell XPS M1210!

08-05-2003, 12:56 PM

vetteguy Ponderer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 114		Just out of curiousity... ...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?

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08-05-2003, 01:23 PM

Ed Hansberry

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Re: Just out of curiousity...

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Originally Posted by vetteguy

...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.

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