While developing Silverlight 4 (SL 4) Line-of-Business (LOB) applications, it is recommended to use WCF services while dealing with data. However what if that WCF is configured with SSL using self-signed certificates? If it is the case, then there some important configurations recommended to be followed as mentioned below:
· Use custom binding on the WCF service.
· Enable HttpsTransport for Transport security using SSL.
· Enable BinaryMessageEncoding for binary communication.
In this article, I have used IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 where a new Web site is created using Self-Signed certificate. To help you understand the entire process, in the following steps, I have first explained the procedure of creating a Web Site with SSL enabled and configuring self-signed certificate.
Creating Web Site and Self signed certificate Step 1: Open IIS and right click on ‘Application Pools’ and select ‘Add Application Pool’. Name it as ‘SSLTestPool’ and set the framework to .NET Framework 4.0 as shown below: Read more: DotNetCurry.com
· Use custom binding on the WCF service.
· Enable HttpsTransport for Transport security using SSL.
· Enable BinaryMessageEncoding for binary communication.
In this article, I have used IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 where a new Web site is created using Self-Signed certificate. To help you understand the entire process, in the following steps, I have first explained the procedure of creating a Web Site with SSL enabled and configuring self-signed certificate.
Creating Web Site and Self signed certificate Step 1: Open IIS and right click on ‘Application Pools’ and select ‘Add Application Pool’. Name it as ‘SSLTestPool’ and set the framework to .NET Framework 4.0 as shown below: Read more: DotNetCurry.com
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