Gary, > I'm against the idea without even discussing > costs or time to setup a web server. ALL > of the WEB server software for the Win > platforms have many known vulnerabilities, new > ones are posted daily, and if you don't patch > everyday, you have problems. If Fawaz is > planning on distributing this application to > anybody who wants it (or pays for it). He will > have to help them setup a web server.
Why? I'd write my backend software in such a way it runs on a variety of web servers. I'd see webservers as a platform just like the OS is a platform. Fawaz isn't responsible for inherent security and stability flaws in Windows (and as it turns out, Microsoft isn't really liable either when something goes wrong... go figure). So why should Fawaz be responsible for security flaws in a web server that the customer deploys in order to run his web application? And what if Fawaz' customer doesn't configure the firewall correctly? Or doesn't bother to even have one? Or installs Kazaa? Or... > I just can't imagine the problems and > liabilities that come with telling > customers they have to setup a windows web server > software to use your app. I can't imagine any. > I still think my solution is the easiest to produce, > cheapest for the customer, and easiest to support. Frankly, I don't think a server coded by Fawaz is going to be more secure and reliable than, say, Apache. Apache was designed and developed by a team of people who (I think) knew what they were doing. It's been in use for a long time by a lot of sites. Fawaz, on the other hand, is coming to this forum asking whether it's even possible to code something like that server. That doesn't give me the confidence that he has a lot of experience in this area (there is nothing wrong with that... I haven't written a webserver myself either, so I should modify that first sentence of this paragraph to say "coded by Fawaz or myself" ;-)). Oliver __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
