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Web services domain authorization

Author
9 May 2005 8:32 AM
Wagner
Hi,

I have a question about authorizing access to web service. Is it possible to
restrict access to certain web service based on domain name of a server
requesting that web service.
For example, I have a customers of my web service that have a domain name
domainA.com. I would like to allow only to them to consume my web service.
Or perhaps there is some better way to authorize access to web serivce?
Wagner

Author
9 May 2005 11:09 AM
richlm
You can set this up in IIS, under the security tab for the web site/folder.
However, it is pretty easy for a hacker to "fake" the requesting
address/domain.

If you want better protection take a look at the security enhancements
(WS-Security) in Web Services Enhancements (WSE). This allows your "trusted"
clients to include some evidence (e.g. something signed with a private key),
in the SOAP headers, which would be used to authenticate the caller.

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