Article:		What's New in Windows Server 2003
Subject:		HTTPD in kernel and Security at the same time?
Date:		2003-05-06 19:02:33
From:		anonymous2
HTTPD in kernel and Security at the same time? Your web server has access to kernel level processing/permissions how can they possibly make that secure?

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• HTTPD in kernel and Security at the same time?
  2003-05-08 22:01:09  Shawn Wildermuth | [Reply | View]
  
  
  The HTTPD is only for responding to requests and caching. None of the processing of web pages lives in the kernel. None. Period.
• HTTPD in kernel and Security at the same time?
  2003-05-13 17:38:07  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  But you can still have bugs in the httpd code - being in the kernel means that you either have complete control of the machine, or when it crashes it brings down the machine!!