Web services are preferred because they do not worry about the "history" and
"geography" of their clients. They simply serve them. Clearly, this involves
more security preparation.
Remoting, on the other hand, trusts their client and thus saves you a lot on
security checks.
In your case, since you have lan client and expected internet client as
well, it would be nice if can create a "middle layer" which can can
differentiate between your clients, and serve them appropriately. Lan clients
do remoting to consume your webservice and internet clients directly consume
your webservice.
=> Bala
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The Clipper
"Michael" wrote:
I'm writng a smart client app which will be used 90% within a LAN and 10%
across the Internet though the Internet use may increase over time. I've set
off using remoting but have noticed Microsoft suggesting in a number of
places that we should use Web Services in preference most of the time and
also today this :-
http://www.theserverside.net/article...ingSmartClient
I'm using .NET 2.0 for both client and server. Security across the Internet
is v.important and performace within the Lan is v.important.
Why would Web Services be a better choice?
Michael
