[Mono-dev] HttpListener

[Miguel de Icaza]

Shouldn't we bind on the interface based on the IP address?

Would that not solve the problem?

miguel

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Greg Young <gregoryyoung1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was thinking a basic code api that allowed the specification of
> interface to bind to separately from which prefixes to accept to start
> with. The biggest issue here is that the ms api is basically using
> httpprefix to mean two very different things.
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:58 PM, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com>
> wrote:
> > Well, it might be best if you explain what you have in mind, before we
> waste
> > time with a pull request.
> >
> > But either way works.
> >
> > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Greg Young <gregoryyoung1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Miguel,
> >>
> >> Would it be best to just take a stab at an alternative interface and
> >> send a PR for discussion?
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Greg Young <gregoryyoung1 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > This is the code handling the prefixes its here
> >> >
> >> >
> https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/mcs/class/System/System.Net/EndPointManager.cs#L43
> >> >
> >> > There is quite a bit of odd code around this in general. I understand
> >> > much of it is trying to reach compliance with MS but ...
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Miguel de Icaza <miguel at xamarin.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> Hello Greg,
> >> >>
> >> >> Is that in HttpListener, or somewhere else?
> >> >>
> >> >> Miguel
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Greg Young <
> gregoryyoung1 at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Here is some of the code in question:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> IPAddress addr;
> >> >>> if (host == "*")
> >> >>>     addr = IPAddress.Any;
> >> >>> else if (IPAddress.TryParse(host, out addr) == false){
> >> >>>     try {
> >> >>>         IPHostEntry iphost = Dns.GetHostByName(host);
> >> >>>        if (iphost != null)
> >> >>>             addr = iphost.AddressList[0];
> >> >>>        else
> >> >>>             addr = IPAddress.Any;
> >> >>>    } catch {
> >> >>>         addr = IPAddress.Any;
> >> >>>    }
> >> >>> }
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Greg Young <
> gregoryyoung1 at gmail.com>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>> > I have been going through a bunch of this code lately after seeing
> >> >>> > many ... interesting behaviours. I understand that much of the
> derp
> >> >>> > in
> >> >>> > this code is due to not having IIS and MS having an IIS centric
> API
> >> >>> > but wow. Some gems I have found...
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > 1) synchronous dns calls being made...
> >> >>> > 2) I want to listen on 192.168.0.1:1234 but I want to support a
> host
> >> >>> > header of whateverdomain can't resolve whatever domain then bind
> >> >>> > listeners to all ips on machine.
> >> >>> > 3) Same as above but dns entry has multiple ips it resovles to [0]
> >> >>> > doesnt match see #2
> >> >>> > 4) Anything at all to do with elastic ips
> >> >>> > 5) Exceptions thrown to calling code with http status codes in
> them
> >> >>> > (I
> >> >>> > think this is ms legacy but is a pretty biog wtf)
> >> >>> > 6) failure parsing ip address says bind all interfaces on machine
> >> >>> > (huh?)
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Perhaps it makes sense to expose a "Microsoft Http Compatibility
> >> >>> > Layer" and then have a "Sane API if you want to use it"
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > I dont mind putting some time in on these but is this even
> >> >>> > worthwhile
> >> >>> > or is the plan to just burn this code with fire and move to
> >> >>> > something
> >> >>> > sane in general?
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Cheers,
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Greg
> >> >>> > --
> >> >>> > Studying for the Turing test
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >>
> >>
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