How to secure webservice

[Leo]

Hi,
I want to make sure that no one else can call and receive data from my web methods?
How to do it..

 

[Mike Smith]

securing a web service can be the same way u do it to a web site..
using authentication so that the caller would have to send over credentials
before being able to access the webmethod results.

one can also go into a more advanced fashion by creating ur very own custome
soap extensions to include in the soap headers some authentication info like
username and passwords (encrypted of course)

 

[Gerald Brose]

I want to make sure that no one else can call and receive
data from my web methods?
How to do it..

The answer below was given to an almost identical question in
another thread:

Rather than hardcoding security logic into your applications
you can use a separate SOAP Firewall that allows you to

- integrate security transparently (i.e. without modifying
application code) even in multi-vendor deployments

- manage your security policies centrally, using a professional
admin console GUI

You may want to take a look at Xtradyne's WS-DBC (Domain Boundary
Controller), which delivers comprehensive security and enterprise-
grade performance. See http://www.xtradyne.com for more info.

Regards, Gerald.