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basicHttpBinding security mode not successfully inferred by wcf test client

I have a WCF Service programmed in VB.NET that is exhibiting strange behavior. The web.config has the following xml:

<system.serviceModel>
  <services>
    <service behaviorConfiguration="CentricBasicHttpBehavior" name="OnbaseService">
      <endpoint binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="CentRicBasicHttpServerBinding" contract="IOnbaseService">
        <identity>
          <servicePrincipalName value="HTTP/JFOLKENDT7E" />
        </identity>
      </endpoint>
      <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
    </service>
  </services>
  <behaviors>
    <serviceBehaviors>
      <behavior name="CentricBasicHttpBehavior">
        <serviceAuthorization impersonateCallerForAllOperations="true" />
        <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
        <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
        <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="2147483646" />
        <serviceThrottling maxConcurrentCalls="100" maxConcurrentSessions="100" maxConcurrentInstances="100" />
      </behavior>
      <behavior name="">
        <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" />
        <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
      </behavior>
    </serviceBehaviors>
  </behaviors>
  <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
  <bindings>
    <basicHttpBinding>
      <binding name="CentRicBasicHttpServerBinding" maxReceivedMessageSize="5000000">
        <security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
          <transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />
        </security>
      </binding>
    </basicHttpBinding>
  </bindings>
</system.serviceModel>

When I configure the service in wcf test client, both the Binding Mode and TransportClientCredentialType are coming across as "None". I expected for them to be "TransportCredentialOnly" and "Windows" respectively.

Can someone please share with me how WCF Test Client infers the binding configuration, and how I should go about correcting this issue? The end result is that within the source code of the service, the WindowsIdentity isn't impersonating the user like I expected.

Thanks,

Jason

Solution

  • I work with Jason and we looked at this together. The service configuration needed the name and contact properties to match the fully qualified service class name and fully qualified contact interface name. Otherwise, we were getting the fun new .Net 4.0 defualt bindings for a default service.