Prevent Direct Use

[Demetri]

I have a web service that I only want a consuming entity to use. In other
words I do not want someone having the ability to plug in the URL to the web
service in their browser and be able to invoke my methods that way. An
application consuming it should only be allowed to do so.

Any ideas how do implement this?

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-Demetri

[Scott M.]

You'll need to implement authentication for your web service and have the
consumer pass the correct credentials to the web service when it calls it.
"Demetri" <De*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I have a web service that I only want a consuming entity to use. In other
words I do not want someone having the ability to plug in the URL to the
web
service in their browser and be able to invoke my methods that way. An
application consuming it should only be allowed to do so.

Any ideas how do implement this?

--
-Demetri

[Demetri]

Explain? How?
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-Demetri
"Scott M." wrote:

You'll need to implement authentication for your web service and have the
consumer pass the correct credentials to the web service when it calls it.
"Demetri" <De*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have a web service that I only want a consuming entity to use. In other
words I do not want someone having the ability to plug in the URL to the
web
service in their browser and be able to invoke my methods that way. An
application consuming it should only be allowed to do so.

Any ideas how do implement this?

--
-Demetri

[Scott M.]

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...authentication

"Demetri" <De*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:88**********************************@microsof t.com...

Explain? How?
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-Demetri
"Scott M." wrote:

You'll need to implement authentication for your web service and have the
consumer pass the correct credentials to the web service when it calls
it.
"Demetri" <De*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70**********************************@microsof t.com...

>I have a web service that I only want a consuming entity to use. In
>other
> words I do not want someone having the ability to plug in the URL to
> the
> web
> service in their browser and be able to invoke my methods that way. An
> application consuming it should only be allowed to do so.
>
> Any ideas how do implement this?
>
> --
> -Demetri

[Ben Kloosterman]

Also note the URL only works on the server not client machines.

Clients can use VS to generate a proxy and code a connection , to prevent
this you need authentication.

Regards ,

Ben

"Demetri" <De*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:70**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have a web service that I only want a consuming entity to use. In other
words I do not want someone having the ability to plug in the URL to the
web
service in their browser and be able to invoke my methods that way. An
application consuming it should only be allowed to do so.

Any ideas how do implement this?

--
-Demetri