I would like to use WCF service hosted in IIS (5/6) with integrated windows authentication enabled and anonymous access disabled. I tried to do this by following http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648431.aspx, but getting an error saying certificate is not installed. But I don't need SSL. I don't have any clients expecting older ASMX services, so I don't need to use basicHttpBinding (and also it is not secure), so I tried to use wsHttpBinding.
How do I get wsHttpBinding with windows authentication to work without SSL? This is such a common requirement, but I couldn't find any solution for this. Can someone post the configuration for the client and the server please? I am using ASP.NET client.
My configuration below. and the exact error message is:
An error occurred while making the HTTP request to https://mymachine/WCFTest/Service1.svc. This could be due to the fact that the server certificate is not configured properly with HTTP.SYS in the HTTPS case. This could also be caused by a mismatch of the security binding between the client and the server.
I used "svcUtil" utility to generate the proxy class and configuration for the client.
server:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="wsHttpEndpointBinding">
<security mode="Transport"/>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="WCFTest.Service1Behavior" name="WCFTest.Service1">
<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="wsHttpEndpointBinding" name="wsHttpEndpoint" contract="WCFTest.IService1"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WCFTest.Service1Behavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
client:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="wsHttpEndpoint" closeTimeout="00:01:00" openTimeout="00:01:00"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00" bypassProxyOnLocal="false"
transactionFlow="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" useDefaultWebProxy="true"
allowCookies="false">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<reliableSession ordered="true" inactivityTimeout="00:10:00"
enabled="false" />
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="Windows" negotiateServiceCredential="true"
establishSecurityContext="true" />
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="https://mymachine/WCFTest/Service1.svc"
binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="wsHttpEndpoint"
contract="IService1" name="wsHttpEndpoint">
<identity>
<userPrincipalName value="mymachine\ASPNET" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
There are three types of hosting environments for WCF services: IIS, WAS, and self-hosting. The term “self-hosting” refers to any application that provides its own code to initialize the hosting environment. This includes console, Windows Forms, WPF, and managed Windows services.
To configure forms authentication by using the UIOpen IIS Manager and navigate to the level you want to manage. In Features View, double-click Authentication. On the Authentication page, select Forms Authentication. In the Actions pane, click Enable to use Forms authentication with the default settings.
I ended up using basicHttpBinding as explained in the article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648505.aspx. posting the config for the client and the server below if anyone is interested. client config is generated using "svcutil".
server config:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpEndpointBinding">
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="WCFTest.Service1Behavior" name="WCFTest.Service1">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpEndpointBinding"
name="BasicHttpEndpoint" contract="WCFTest.IService1">
</endpoint>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WCFTest.Service1Behavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
client config:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="BasicHttpEndpoint" closeTimeout="00:01:00" openTimeout="00:01:00"
receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00" allowCookies="false"
bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
maxBufferSize="65536" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
useDefaultWebProxy="true">
<readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="" />
<message clientCredentialType="UserName" algorithmSuite="Default" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<client>
<endpoint address="http://machinename/WCFTest/Service1.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpEndpoint"
contract="IService1" name="BasicHttpEndpoint" />
</client>
</system.serviceModel>
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