1. A method to form a connection between listeners and worker process in a server, the server including a process manager, a first listener to support requests in a first protocol and a second listener to support requests in a second protocol, the method comprising: receiving information associating applications to application pools; receiving a request for an application, the request conforming to the first protocol; determining whether the requested application is one of the applications; and obtaining an application pool identifier of an application pool associated with the requested application.