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hosting WCF service in IIS with windows authentication and without anonymous access


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> 

Solution

  • 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>