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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 5:00 AM

Configuring SSL Host Headers

Host headers in IIS are a way to associate multiple names with a single address. The typical use of host headers is to be able to host more than one web site at a single IP address by giving each of the web sites a distinct DNS name. Host headers also
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Monday, June 23, 2008 5:00 AM

How WebServiceHost Works

WebServiceHost is a new feature in Orcas that makes it easy to put up simple web services that are built on HTTP and POX. However, there's no requirement that forces you to build REST and POX services using WebServiceHost. WebServiceHost exists to make
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Friday, May 02, 2008 5:00 AM

Messaging Additions in Orcas, Part 4

Today wraps up the series on detailed messaging changes in Orcas. You can get the whole series here as well as the previous high-level overview of new Orcas features I did. Messaging Additions in Orcas Messaging Additions in Orcas, Part 2 Messaging Additions
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Friday, February 29, 2008 5:00 AM

Runtime Limits in IIS

Does the IIS HTTP runtime configuration affect a WCF application? Yes, when the application is using IIS to host its HTTP endpoints. A WCF application that lives in IIS is an IIS application as well, even if you aren't explicitly using ASP.NET compatibility
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Friday, October 05, 2007 5:00 AM

Server.MapPath

How do I use % Feature X% from ASP.NET in a WCF service? ASP.NET has an HTTP-centric application model with many great features specialized for web development in IIS. WCF is transport and host agnostic. Out of the box, WCF supports most of the features
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Friday, August 03, 2007 5:00 AM

Choosing a Port

A common question is what port should be chosen for publishing a service. I'm assuming that the question is being asked because no one has told you that you must use a certain port for contractual or operational reasons. If you have to use a particular
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Friday, March 23, 2007 5:00 AM

Preventing Anonymous Access

How do I prevent clients from accessing my service anonymously? I've changed the settings in IIS from Anonymous Access to Integrated Windows Authentication. However, now I'm getting the error message: "Security settings for this service require 'Anonymous'
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Monday, January 08, 2007 5:00 AM

Hosting on Machines with Multiple Addresses

I have a machine with multiple network cards. How do I control which networks my service listens on? The answer to this question is going to be specific to the transport that you're using. I'll cover the HTTP and TCP transports that WCF ships with. Talking
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:00 AM

Format for Configuring HTTP and TCP Activation

IIS uses some inscrutable strings to configure the activatable bindings of a web site. Here's the minimum you need to interpret a binding and get started working with activation. Activation is controlled by the activationHost.config file. In the list
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Monday, October 23, 2006 5:00 AM

Configuring IIS for Transport Security

I'm hosting a WCF application in IIS that uses transport security. How do I configure the security settings for my Virtual Directory (VDir)? The general model that we try to promote in WCF is that if a setting is shared between multiple places, the value
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Friday, October 20, 2006 5:00 AM

Keeping Connections Open in IIS

My web service needs to periodically broadcast messages to clients. The service is an Internet-facing application hosted inside of IIS. What's the best way to do this? The big limitation in this scenario is that your clients might be behind a firewall
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Monday, October 16, 2006 5:00 AM

Configuring HTTP for Windows Vista

One of the major changes in Windows Vista security is that most people are no longer going to be running with Administrator privileges by default like they were doing on earlier platforms. This impacts your ability to run HTTP web services because listening
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