How can I configure Cassini web server to accept requests to different hosts?

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See duplicate: Customizing the cassini webserver

I have a web service hosted using Cassini web server. It works fine if I reference it by localhost, but when I use my machine's name (even using the browser locally), I get:

Server Error in '/' Application.
HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden.
Version Information: Cassini Web Server 1.0.40305.0

How can I configure it to accept all requests?

When you ping localhost what IP address does it resolve to? – Kane Jul 22 '09 at 10:49 — Kane, Jul 22 '09 at 10:49

Benjamin Wegman · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-10T12:43:38.233

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Cassini is specifically build to reject any outside connections. You could rebuild from sourcecode if you want it to accept outside connections.

Edit:

In reply to the below comment on what to edit in the sourcecode, you'd probably want to change the following in Server.cs on line 88:

_socket = CreateSocketBindAndListen(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
             IPAddress.Loopback, _port);

Into something like this:

_socket = CreateSocketBindAndListen(AddressFamily.InterNetwork,
             IPAddress.Any, _port);

This will bind the listening socket to all available IP addresses on the system instead of only to the localhost address (127.0.0.1).

edited Mar 10 '11 at 12:43

answered Jul 24 '09 at 17:20

Benjamin Wegman

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Is there really no other way? – David Oct 04 '09 at 19:12
You might also try UltiDev Cassini (http://www.ultidev.com/products/Cassini/) This seems to be based on the original MS Cassini but with some added features. Haven't tried it though so your mileage may vary. – Benjamin Wegman Oct 08 '09 at 12:59
Grzenio, could you please point out what specifically in the code has to be changed? – Sean Feldman Feb 28 '11 at 16:42

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '11 at 18:28

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To update this answer, IIS Express is a new alternative that allows this.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/06/28/introducing-iis-express.aspx

answered Jan 26 '11 at 18:28

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '12 at 15:35

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To avoid anyone else having to go further, if you need a lightweight web server for production use, IIS-Express is not recommended (by themselves) for that purpose .

answered Nov 05 '12 at 15:35

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How can I configure Cassini web server to accept requests to different hosts?

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