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WCF Service with X509 Certificates and Java Client

I am working on a WCF service that will be running on HTTPS over internet. I am planning to secure the WCF service using X.509 certificates on Service(Server Certificate) and Client side(Client Certificate). Following are my questions.

  1. The client is going to be a Java application, will there be any compatibility issues ?
  2. IS there any issue with WCF running in clientCredentialType="Certificate" mode over HTTPS ?

Before posting here I did a lot of research and went through good number of questions on this forum. But now I am at a point where I get more confused more and more.

Thanks in advance for all the help.

Solution

  • I assume you use only transport level security (ssl) and not message level security (ws-security). you should not have any special problems here. do note that most java clients use jks certificate format and on windows pfx is better.