Can I listen on a port (using HttpListener or other .NET code) on Vista without requiring administrator priveleges? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Well I had to deal with something similar. My Computer is in a restricted domain, so I don't have administrator privileges. After some research and reading I found this thread and the netsh hints made me use temporary acl bindings just for developing tests. On my computer these rule exists.

There's this entry:

Run 'netsh http show urlacl' (as shown above)

    [...]
        Reservierte URL            : http://+:80/Temporary_Listen_Addresses/
            Benutzer: \Jeder
                Abhören: Yes
                Delegieren: No
                SDDL: D:(A;;GX;;;WD)
    [...]

So I can use the HttpListener as non-admin (Jeder):

    [...]
    HttpListener l = new HttpListener();
    string prefix = "http://+:80/Temporary_Listen_Addresses/";
    l.Prefixes.Add(prefix);
    l.Start(); // does not throw any "Permission Denied/Access Denied/Zugriff verweigert"
    [...]

May this helps anybody finding this thread.