Enable authentication in ASP.NET web service

How do I configure .N开发者_JS百科ET web service to require all consumers to supply credentials, then verify their validity against database table?

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If you're using class ASP.NET ASMX Web Services, I would suggest you download Microsoft's Web Service Enhancements 3.0. That will enable you to properly support WS-Security.

You could also use custom SOAP Headers, but that method doesn't conform to WS-Security standards and could cause interoperability problems if you're consuming the services from a non-.NET platform.

If you're using WCF, you just need to configure your binding to use the proper type of security. Take a look at Bindings and Security. It's a broad overview and you'll have to dig a little deeper to get the specifics for your type of binding.

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Lots of ways to do this.

Have a look at the SoapHeader class for one - there is a sample here.

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Looks as if you could do worse than read:

http://progtutorials.tripod.com/Authen.htm

"Forms Authentication".