Question about web service

[Alan Ho]

I have to decide on the appropriate wire protocoal to use when designing an
XML web service. the web service i have developed will be deployed inside
the corporate firewall, while the clients will be located on both sides of
the perimeter. But no additional ports can be opened in the firewall
configuration to allow windows to windows native communication. any suhhest
the protocols to be used in this application?
thx

[Robbe Morris [C# MVP]]

Most web services are handled over http (port 80). Is there
a reason you might want to use something else?

As a general rule, web services should be platform independent
from a web service consumer point of view. Thus, http.

--
2004 and 2005 Microsoft MVP C#
Robbe Morris
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I have to decide on the appropriate wire protocoal to use when designing an
XML web service. the web service i have developed will be deployed inside
the corporate firewall, while the clients will be located on both sides of
the perimeter. But no additional ports can be opened in the firewall
configuration to allow windows to windows native communication. any
suhhest
the protocols to be used in this application?
thx