Seen the newer demos about running ASP.NET without IIS and using Http.sys for the request and response actions?
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Since the release of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP SP2, there has been a new HTTP protocol stack available called http.sys. With http.sys and some new managed classes in the .NET Framework 2.0 (especially HttpListener), you can easily build a Web server right into your applications without requiring IIS on the machine.
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ASP.NET was specifically designed to avoid dependencies on IIS.
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I've covered the basics for hosting the ASP.NET HTTP pipeline in a process of your choice.
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Service Station: Run ASMX Without IIS http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/12/ServiceStation/default.aspx
Jeff
