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  1. Jun 1st, 2005, 03:10 AM #1
    MrNorth
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    webservice encryption?

    Hi!

    I have a webservice which sends username and password as text (it has a webmethod that accepts username&pwd as parameter)

    Which is the easiest way to make this encrypted?


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    Re: webservice encryption?

    Hmm...why do you need encryption?
    Why does your web service pass the users password back? This should never be done really as there should never be a need to do this.
    I would encrypt the password if you really want to go down this method.

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    Re: webservice encryption?

    Use the HTTPS protocol. Since webservices pass data back as XML, you really can only secure the transport, not the contents.

    http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...y/ws-sec1.html
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  4. Jun 7th, 2005, 01:32 AM #4
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    Re: webservice encryption?

    Thanks m8!

    I pass username and password as part of ldap authentication process...

    I have also checked the WSE encryption, but it was not easy to get started with (i thought)... I will try SSL


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