Category Archives: Web Servers

Connection Failure using CFHTTP

By Donnie Bachan | Published: February 9, 2009

Scenario: Attempting to download and parse an XML feed using CFHTTP Get request. The url is not SSL enabled and uses IIS. Problem: A StatusCode of 200 OK is returned but the FileContents returns Connection Failure. Analysis: The header response contains the following header: IISExport: This web site was exported using IIS Export v4.2 Resolution: Thanks to an old post by Steven Erat [...]

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File upload timeouts on IIS 6

By Donnie Bachan | Published: February 3, 2009

Scenario: Simple file upload application using ColdFusion 8 on IIS 6 and Windows 2003 server. The application allows for large files to be uploaded to the server for backend processing. File sizes range from 10MB – 300 MB. Problem: File upload fails for files greater than 30MB. Analysis: Several options were investigated including the following: Maximum upload file size in ColdFusion [...]

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Folder permission not inherited by uploaded file in PHP/IIS

By Donnie Bachan | Published: February 3, 2009

Scenario: The web application has two components, a private upload area and a public download area. To upload a file you must be logged in via HTTP Authentication in IIS (v6 on Windows 2003). The file is uploaded to a non-web accessible uploads folder. Downloads are public and are allowed for anyone who has the unique [...]