WCF Data Service Authentication (BUT NO WINDOWS AUTHENTICATION)

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Is there any way to secure a WCF Data Service using User and Pass or Certificate? I am not interested in windows authentication as it is very insecure and let's say my client is running on Linux so it will be totally useless. I also CAN'T use cookies.

Posted 18-Jun-15 3:56am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2015-06-18T04:44:00

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Of course you can use authentication based on user/password registered in the service itself, as well as user certificates.

Please start here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff405740.aspx[^].

—SA

Posted 18-Jun-15 4:44am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

F-ES Sitecore · Answer 2 · 2015-06-18T05:12:00

Yeah, you definitely want to stay clear of Windows Authentication, it's so insecure...with knowledge like that I can tell you're a *nix man :) You should use usernames and passwords instead, that's way more secure.

http://www.felinesoft.com/blog/index.php/2014/02/securing-a-wcf-service-with-username-and-password-using-message-security-and-the-channel-factory-pattern/[^]