List of WTVP Services
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| WTVP |
|---|
| Overview • List of WTVP Services • WTVP-specific Content-Types • Status Codes |
| Concepts |
| Tokens • Tickets • Capability Flags |
| Headers |
| Header List • Data Types • Common Request Headers |
| Processes |
| First-Time Registration • Headwaiter (Login) • Messenger Services • Favorites • Checking for new mail • Retrieving settings • Obtaining new wtv-tickets • Smart Card • Miscellaneous |
| URLs for WTVP Services |
| wtv-1800 • wtv-aroundtown • wtv-author • wtv-center • wtv-chat • wtv-content • wtv-cookie • wtv-customscript • wtv-disk • wtv-epguide • wtv-favorite • wtv-flashrom • wtv-guide • wtv-head-waiter • wtv-home • wtv-intro • wtv-log • wtv-mail • wtv-news • wtv-notices • wtv-partner • wtv-passport • wtv-register • wtv-setup • wtv-smartcard • wtv-spot • wtv-star • wtv-tricks • wtv-tutorial |
List of WTVP services known so far.
0-9
| Service Name | Description | Common Ports | Supports SECURE method? |
|---|---|---|---|
| wtv-1800 | Pre-registration service for new clients. Serves TellyScript best suited for the user's area before sending the client off to headwaiter | 1615 | No |
A-F
| Service Name | Description | Common Ports | Supports SECURE method? |
|---|---|---|---|
| wtv-aroundtown | Unknown | 1628 | ? |
| wtv-author | Page Builder service | 1643 | Yes |
| wtv-census-udp | Specifies a UDP server for a WebTV/MSN TV client to connect to for metering services, if metering is configured to be enabled | 1657 | No (custom UDP protocol) |
| wtv-center | Hosts various aggregated sections (also known as info centers) of the WebTV/MSN TV service (Around Town, Money, WebTV Today, etc.) | 1639 | Yes |
| wtv-chat | Hosts Chat services | 1630 | Yes |
| wtvchat | Possibly the same as wtv-chat, just with a slightly different change in name |
1630 | Yes(?) |
| wtv-content | Hosts various misc. content such as video, images, and demos | 1629 | Yes |
| wtv-cookie | Service for managing website cookies on individual user accounts | 1619 | Yes |
| wtv-customscript | Service that facilitates creation of custom TellyScript for the box to use when dialing | 1623 | Yes |
| wtv-disk | Downloadable content service for WebTV Plus units | 1635 | Yes |
| wtv-epguide | Electronic Program Guide service. Used to give WebTV Plus units TV listings | 1633 | ? |
| wtv-explore2 | Explore section of WebTV. As ulTRAX put it, "Explore was wasteland of ads presented as a public service" | 1625 | ? |
| wtv-explore | Probably similar to wtv-explore2 | 1625 | ? |
| wtv-favorite | Hosts Favorites services | 1611 | Yes |
| wtv-flashrom | Flash update services. Allows the box to download flash updates to the system software | 1618 | Yes |
| wtv-forum | Functions similarly to wtv-news |
1605 | Yes |
| file | File URI content proxy service(?). Dunno why there's a service definition for this | 1650 | ? |
| ftp | Believed to be an FTP content proxy service | 1650 | ? |
G-I
| Service Name | Description | Common Ports | Supports SECURE method? |
|---|---|---|---|
| wtv-guide | Hosts Help section | 1621 | Yes |
| gopher | Gopher content proxy service | 1650 | ? |
| wtv-head-waiter | Headwaiter service. Handles login and serving/renewing the wtv-ticket | 1601 | No(?; communication is unencrypted, but we believe the server can choose to encrypt the response body) |
| wtv-home | Hosts WebTV/MSN TV home page services and legal information | 1612 | Yes |
| http | HTTP content proxy service | 1650 | Yes |
| wtv-intro | Unknown | 1621 | ? |
L-P
| Service Name | Description | Common Ports | Supports SECURE method? |
|---|---|---|---|
| wtv-log | Usage logging/telemetry services | 1609 | Yes |
| wtv-mail | E-mail services | 1608 | Yes |
| mailto | mailto -> wtv-mail proxy service. Goes to the "Write an e-mail" page with the email address field pre-filled |
1608 | Yes |
| wtv-music | Service that hosts music content for WebTV/MSN TV background music | 1656 | Yes |
| wtv-news | Hosts Discuss (newsgroup) services for WebTV/MSN TV | 1605 | Yes |
| news | Newsgroup URI proxy. Redirects newsgroup requests to WebTV/MSN TV's own Discuss service | 1605 | Yes |
| wtv-notices | Unknown | 1622 | ? |
| wtv-onair | Unknown | 1648 | ? |
| wtv-partner | Unknown | 1638 | |
| wtv-passport | Authentication for Passport accounts within WebTV/MSN TV. Currently only seen in use for Messenger login process | 1654 | Yes |
Q-V
| Service Name | Description | Common Ports | Supports SECURE method? |
|---|---|---|---|
| wtv-register | Handles registration of new boxes | 1607 | Yes |
| wtv-setup | User settings service. Also hosted the background music files for some reason | 1613 | Yes |
| wtv-smartcard | Supposedly a service used to handle smartcards. Didn't have any practical use | 1632 | ? |
| wtv-spot | Spot ad service | 1642 | ? |
| wtv-star | Serves pages for service maintenance | 1603 | No(?) |
| wtv-tricks | Hosts Tricks service. Originally a restricted area linking to a bunch of pages designed to debug(?) the service. Also hosts redirect URLs for various parts of the WebTV/MSN TV service | 1602 | Yes |
| wtv-tutorial | Possibly for a tutorial section of the service | 1636 | ? |
| wtv-video | Despite the name, wtv-video not only hosts video content, but music content for karaoke as well | 1634 | ? |
| wtv-vod | Unknown | 1653 |
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| Service Name | Description | Common Ports | Supports SECURE method? |
|---|---|---|---|
| wtv-* | Possibly a duplicate of wtv-star | 1603 | ? |