Re: Contacting a Pocket PC from a server

From: LJ (do_at_not.use)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 06:53:58 +0200

Unfortunately not. I am responsible for programming both ends, the server
and the Pocket PC. Both these ends can be contacted by the other so security
will definitely be an issue.

Thanks LJ

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
wrote in message news:OooW1fpmEHA.1712@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> You're on the server end. Why would you have to deal with security?
> You're just sitting there waiting for something to happen. If the desktop
> machine can't get a packet to you, that's its problem. On the desktop
> side, you have a lot more code sitting under you to handle that stuff...
>
> Paul T.
>
> "LJ" <do@not.use> wrote in message
> news:eBl1iXpmEHA.3172@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I was hoping that MS had already done the tedious work for me. Processing
>>the HTTP requests is probably not that difficult (maybe a bit slow when
>>done in the CF), it is the security stuff hat bothers me most.
>>
>> Thanks for your reply,
>>
>> LJ
>>
>>
>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
>> wrote in message news:e3SSYsomEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Not with released pieces, no. You didn't say anything about running a
>>> Web service. It's not a daunting task, generally. You simply have
>>> total control over the 'protocol' for the communications. You could say
>>> that the client just opens the socket, sends an XML file, and
>>> disconnects. Not very difficult. You could be listening on port 80, if
>>> you wanted to. You'd have to process HTTP requests from the other end,
>>> of course.
>>>
>>> Paul T.
>>>
>>> "LJ" <do@not.use> wrote in message
>>> news:%23NTF1aomEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for responding.
>>>> As far as I know there is no way to run a Webservice on the Pocket PC
>>>> itself using the Compact Framework without coding all the plumbing
>>>> myself and that seems like a daunting task. The app has to go through a
>>>> tightly secured (wireless) network that is firewalled at several places
>>>> so I would love to be able do two-way initiated communication using
>>>> port 80 using technolgies like SOAP and XML. Has anyone come up with
>>>> something that is able to do this or will I have to create my own
>>>> protocols in order to do so?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for responding,
>>>>
>>>> LJ
>>>>
>>>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
>>>> com> wrote in message news:eyQ%23HjnmEHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>> The client will have to have some sort of a connection (server),
>>>>> endpoint open. You can do that with sockets, you might run an FTP or
>>>>> HTTP server on the device, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul T.
>>>>>
>>>>> "LJ" <do@not.use> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ehLNgLnmEHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm stuck developing an application where a a client application
>>>>>> running on a PDA needs to be updated by a server. This client
>>>>>> application can easily pull information from the server using a
>>>>>> webservice running on the server. But how can the server push
>>>>>> information to the client Pocket PC without resorting to polling
>>>>>> techniques on the client.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, LJ
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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