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You mean IIS? HTTP.SYS isn't a webserver.
by ComodoHacker 6y ago
You mean IIS? HTTP.SYS isn't a webserver.
- convFixb 6y agoHTTP.SYS is the core of a Windows NT native web server; the async listen/accept loop, IOCP-based data transfer, etc. IIS is built on top of HTTP.SYS. I presume that it ships with Windows for ease of servicing; it is after all a kernel-mode driver (of sorts).
- legulere 6y agoThe kernel module HTTP.SYS contains a HTTP server. It's used by IIS, but you can also use its API directly.
- ComodoHacker 6y agoWow, didn't know that. API for the curious: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/http/http-api-start-page https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/http/http-api...