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In this article we will see how we can host a WCF service. We will look at various ways a WCF service can be hosted and what are the benefits and drawbacks of each hosting method. We will also create a sample client application that will consume the WCF service hosted in different ways.
With the appearance of Windows Communication Foundation building Service Oriented Applications became easier than ever. And lots of articles poured in with extensions for special cases. Even so, there are still situations left untreated. Like the following I had to resolve:WCF Client Server Application with Custom Authentication, Authorization, Encryption and Compression - Part 1 - CodeProject
- Client-server application – http protocol – NO IIS
- Authentication – user/password from a database – NO SSL/X509 certificate
- Authorization – roles from a database
- Encryption for the credentials (with option for the entire request/response)
- Compression for both the request and response.
