Subj : Web Server
To   : Digital Man
From : Trapper
Date : Fri May 05 2023 14:37:28

  Re: Web Server
  By: Digital Man to Trapper on Thu May 04 2023 06:42 pm

 >   Re: Web Server
 >   By: Trapper to Digital Man on Thu May 04 2023 06:22 pm
 >
 >  >   Re: Web Server
 >  >   By: Digital Man to Trapper on Wed May 03 2023 11:55 am
 >
 >  >  >   Re: Web Server
 >  >  >   By: Trapper to All on Wed May 03 2023 12:28 pm
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > I checked my website, trapdoor.synchro.net, and found that IIS
 >  >  >  > microsoft came up instead, trying to sell me a web server? Was I
 >  >  >  > hijacked by microsoft? I am not sure what's going on so I came here
 >  >  >  > to see if anyone else has run into this. Any sugestions or advice?
 >
 >  >  > What TCP ports is your Synchronet web server listening on? Do you try
 >
 >  >  > both
 >  >  > http and https? Does your Synchronet web server report successful
 >  >  > binding/initialization when starting-up?
 >  > I have the TCP port set to 80, but there is a binding error so it sets to
 >  > 443. The error says that there was an attempt to access a socket in a way
 >  > forbidden by its access permissions. It trys port 80 4 times and then
 >  > sets to port 443 and then the web server thread starts. Yes i have http
 >  > and https selected. I also had a bad certificate again, but i know what
 >  > to do there. Where do i begin?
 >
 > 443 is for HTTPS (by default). So it's not binding port 443 because port 80
 > failed, it's just that's the next thing it does after it tries (and
 > eventually gives up) trying to bind your HTTP port.
 >
 > It appears you have Microsoft IIS install. Uninstall it, disable it, or
 > configure it to use a differnet TCP port than port 80.

I found IIS windows on my PC, something i had never seen before. I set the port to 60000. I hope that dosent interfere with something else, but if it does at least i will know whats going on. My Synchronet web server is now listening on port 80 and started normally. Thank you for the guidance.

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