Is it possible to manipulate an asp.net web application cache from outside the web?

Question

I have a situation very similar to the one in this question:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/774695/selective-cache-clearing-across-load-balanced-servers-asp-net

The difference is that due to our hosting configuration, I am unable to address individual servers by IP address. Assuming I cannot access specific servers via web requests, is it possible to access the HttpContext of a web application running on the same machine? I'm thinking I could accomplish this with a windows service that I could address by machine name, or alternately a console application, I just don't know if I can gain access to the web application cache either way.

Answer 1

You can expose content of the WebCache of an app through some Remoting/WCF code built into the web app. I hope you can use localhost to access it from an app on the same box.