Thanks for the comments, Myrna!
I am also wondering if allowing remote servers to get started - and stopped - would pose a security risk. Unless the app server is started with security manager, I guess.
Do you think that allowing the hostname value to be set in the web.xml makes the security risk worse?
I admit, I always interpreted the servlet more in the line of a demo than a heavy-weight tool.
Yes, I agree. I take your meaning to be that, since NetServlet.java uses public APIs of the NetworkServerControl class, anyone who wanted a more capable and/or secure implementation could build their own servlet code, using the NetServlet.java code as a starting point. Is that what you meant? thanks, bryan
