July 2003
Intermediate to advanced
736 pages
16h 35m
English
XML Web Services are part of ASP.NET. As such they use the same security model that ASP.NET uses. This means you can pick from Windows basic authentication, Windows basic authentication with secure sockets, Windows digest, Windows client certificates, Forms, and custom security in SOAP headers.
By default the Web.config file is configured to run the Web Service using Windows basic authentication, which is suitable for intranet Web Services or Web Services such as you are likely to use for application integration within the same enterprise. The reason for this basic kind of default authentication is so that you don't have to struggle with security while you are learning Web Service basics. Now that you ...
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