XP Home as simple WebServices server

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Hi,

This is just a general question regarding the possibility of hosting a
webservice on my PC at home (Windows XP). I may upgrade to XP Professional so
I can get access to IIS. I was hoping I could maybe setup a web server under
IIS, and place my Web Service in there. Then I was hoping i could get a
static IP address using a freeware program such as No-Ip and then attempt to
access the webservice on my PC from a different location across the internet?
Is this possible?

Thanks for any suggestions,

David

[Mr. Arnold]

"davebythesea" <da**********@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi,

This is just a general question regarding the possibility of hosting a
webservice on my PC at home (Windows XP). I may upgrade to XP Professional
so
I can get access to IIS. I was hoping I could maybe setup a web server
under
IIS, and place my Web Service in there. Then I was hoping i could get a
static IP address using a freeware program such as No-Ip and then attempt
to
access the webservice on my PC from a different location across the
internet?
Is this possible?

That's what IIS is for a Web Server that host a Web service. It doesn't
matter if you use a static IP or a dynamic IP as long is you know the IP to
the machine or your network that hosting Web server.
At the very least, put the machine behind a NAT router, instead of exposing
the entire machine to the Internet.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

On a side note, if you don't know how to secure the O/S, the registry, file
system, user accounts and IIS itself for a computer that's running a Web
server being exposed to the Internet, then you're just putting up a computer
and a Web site that's just hack bait and a jumping off point to attack
other networks and Web servers on the Internet, as the computer is
compromised by hackers.

IT professionals can hardly secure a Web server facing the Internet, let
alone some home user trying to do it with no expertise.

[Spam Catcher]

=?Utf-8?B?ZGF2ZWJ5dGhlc2Vh?= <da**********@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:8C**********************************@microsof t.com:

This is just a general question regarding the possibility of hosting a
webservice on my PC at home (Windows XP). I may upgrade to XP
Professional so I can get access to IIS. I was hoping I could maybe
setup a web server under IIS, and place my Web Service in there. Then
I was hoping i could get a static IP address using a freeware program
such as No-Ip and then attempt to access the webservice on my PC from
a different location across the internet? Is this possible?

Definately possible and very easy to do. Check out www.zoneedit.com, free
domain redirection. You just need a DNS update client (i.e. DirectUpdate is
very good).
Or check out www.crystaltech.com - 2.95 a month for a developer account,
and you don't need to worry about the security hassles of hosting your own
software. CrystalTech has very good support.

By default CT runs in medium trust - so calls that require a lot of
permissions may not run. If you need full trust, I believe CT has a special
server for that (provided you sign off on security issues ;-).

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Thanks for the info, I'll check out the NAT router option.

Cheers

"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

>
"davebythesea" <da**********@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:8C**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi,

This is just a general question regarding the possibility of hosting a
webservice on my PC at home (Windows XP). I may upgrade to XP Professional
so
I can get access to IIS. I was hoping I could maybe setup a web server
under
IIS, and place my Web Service in there. Then I was hoping i could get a
static IP address using a freeware program such as No-Ip and then attempt
to
access the webservice on my PC from a different location across the
internet?
Is this possible?

That's what IIS is for a Web Server that host a Web service. It doesn't
matter if you use a static IP or a dynamic IP as long is you know the IP to
the machine or your network that hosting Web server.
At the very least, put the machine behind a NAT router, instead of exposing
the entire machine to the Internet.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

On a side note, if you don't know how to secure the O/S, the registry, file
system, user accounts and IIS itself for a computer that's running a Web
server being exposed to the Internet, then you're just putting up a computer
and a Web site that's just hack bait and a jumping off point to attack
other networks and Web servers on the Internet, as the computer is
compromised by hackers.

IT professionals can hardly secure a Web server facing the Internet, let
alone some home user trying to do it with no expertise.

[=?Utf-8?B?ZGF2ZWJ5dGhlc2Vh?=]

Cool, I'll check out crystaltech.com. The last .net host I used just seemed
to have stopped working, no reply from support, and no support forum anymore.
Luckily it only cost $5 for a year and it worked for a year. So, I was doing
some googling looking for a decent host, thought Discount ASP looked pretty
good. But there a bit pricier that CT so i'll have a look at them. Still
wanna try hosting my own tho, just for fun.

cheers

"Spam Catcher" wrote:

=?Utf-8?B?ZGF2ZWJ5dGhlc2Vh?= <da**********@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:8C**********************************@microsof t.com:

This is just a general question regarding the possibility of hosting a
webservice on my PC at home (Windows XP). I may upgrade to XP
Professional so I can get access to IIS. I was hoping I could maybe
setup a web server under IIS, and place my Web Service in there. Then
I was hoping i could get a static IP address using a freeware program
such as No-Ip and then attempt to access the webservice on my PC from
a different location across the internet? Is this possible?

Definately possible and very easy to do. Check out www.zoneedit.com, free
domain redirection. You just need a DNS update client (i.e. DirectUpdate is
very good).
Or check out www.crystaltech.com - 2.95 a month for a developer account,
and you don't need to worry about the security hassles of hosting your own
software. CrystalTech has very good support.

By default CT runs in medium trust - so calls that require a lot of
permissions may not run. If you need full trust, I believe CT has a special
server for that (provided you sign off on security issues ;-).

[Spam Catcher]

=?Utf-8?B?ZGF2ZWJ5dGhlc2Vh?= <da**********@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:6F**********************************@microsof t.com:

Cool, I'll check out crystaltech.com. The last .net host I used just
seemed to have stopped working, no reply from support, and no support
forum anymore. Luckily it only cost $5 for a year and it worked for a
year. So, I was doing some googling looking for a decent host, thought
Discount ASP looked pretty good. But there a bit pricier that CT so
i'll have a look at them. Still wanna try hosting my own tho, just
for fun.

I think if you google CrystalTech you'll find nothing but positive reviews
:-)