Calling a web service over HTTPS?

[Andy Breward]

Hi

Does anyone have any advice/information with regards to
calling a web service that will be hosted on a server
running HTTPS.

Are there any special considerations?

Are there any restrictions?

Is there any documentation at hand for me to review?

Am I making a fuss about nothing LOL??

Thanks in advance

Andy

 

[Jan Tielens]

Are there any special considerations?
You need a server certificate (either a test certificate which you can
generate, or a "real" one bought from Verisign for example).

Are there any restrictions?

There is some performance degradation because everything needs to be
encrypted and decrypted.

Is there any documentation at hand for me to review?

You can check out my post about this topic:
http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/archive/2003/12/04/41154.aspx

Am I making a fuss about nothing LOL??

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[MSFT]

Hello,

Thank for the answer from Jan. As a supply, you can refer to following
article:

HOW TO: Secure XML Web Services with Secure Socket Layer in Windows Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q324284

Hope this help,

Luke
Microsoft Online Support

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