Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

David R Treadwell

Brian J Deen

Henry L Sanders

Seth B Pollack

Eric D Deily

Charles K Moore

Improved methods and arrangements are provided in which a web server or like process includes a kernel-mode universal listener (UL) capability that utilizes the URL associated with an HTTP request to determine which user-mode worker process/application is to handle the request and route the request to the targeted worker process/application. Thus, for example, one implementation includes a kernel-mode HTTP listener that is selectively configured via a Web admin service (WAS) based a configuration store. The resulting configuration file in the kernel-mode UL process defines a plurality of configuration groups and application pools, etc. The Configuration groups include certain URL's, which have configurable properties applied to them. The configurable properties define which user-mode worker process is to handle HTTP requests. Fore example, application pools can be provided, which identify a worker process or processes that the HTTP requests are routed to. In certain implementations, an HTTP request queuing capability is also provided. The request queue provides time for worker processes/applications to start or get ready.

Methods and arrangements for routing server requests to worker processes based on URL

File system level access source control of resources within standard request-response protocols such as HTTP is disclosed. In one embodiment, the server receives a request, and determines whether a TRANSLATE header of the request specifies TRUE or FALSE. If the former, the server generates and returns the response to the resource. If the latter, the server determines whether an access source bit is turned on. If so, then it is determined whether a bit at the underlying file system level is also turned on. If so, then access to the source by the client is permitted; the source is returned. Otherwise, if either bit is off, an error message is returned.

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David R Treadwell