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Blogs focused on WWSAPI: the new native web services stack from Microsoft
As mentioned in my previous post, WWSAPI follows a common pattern to set properties (which in most...
Date: 10/22/2009
When you use WsUtil to generate stub code and then work with the generated structures, you may get...
Date: 09/10/2009
In my previous post on WsUtil, I explained how the generated helper functions can simplify the...
Date: 09/09/2009
One of the design principles of WWSAPI is to be very stringent at the API contract, as we believe...
Date: 08/12/2009
WWSAPI properties are designed to control the behavior of the WWSAPI objects like service proxy,...
Date: 06/30/2009
In my previous post on interoperating with WCF BasicHttpBinding endpoint, I explained that you had...
Date: 06/26/2009
WWSAPI supports two WS-Addressing versions: the existing W3C recommendation version (1.0) and the...
Date: 06/26/2009
There are two versions of SOAP supported by WWSAPI and most other web services stacks: SOAP 1.1 and...
Date: 06/25/2009
Not many people are aware of our commitments to ship WWSAPI to downlevel platforms. Nikola just sent...
Date: 05/20/2009
I have been in the testing discipline for almost 8 years. Over the years there have been different...
Date: 05/19/2009
In Windows 7, LiveID can be used with WWSAPI in two scenarios: 1. SSPI over TCP...
Date: 05/18/2009
My previous post on header authentication comparison between WWSAPI and WCF mentioned the...
Date: 05/18/2009
In my post on WWSAPI federation support, I explained how to set up secure conversation on the WWSAPI...
Date: 05/15/2009
It turns out that with the example code as is, starting a server at an HTTP or HTTPS address does...
Date: 05/06/2009
The Kerberos over SSL samples (like the calculator one) demonstrate WWSAPI mixed mode security that...
Date: 05/01/2009
Nikola asked me to write a post on how to set up machine to run our security examples. Here it goes....
Date: 04/30/2009
In part 1 of this topic, I explained that some Unicode characters would be rejected by WWSAPI’s XML...
Date: 04/28/2009
Although all Unicode characters can be carried in XML document, not all characters are considered...
Date: 04/22/2009
So I was testing WWSAPI client to ASMX interop. After getting the basic Hello World scenario...
Date: 04/10/2009
Just when I thought I had seen all possible 403 Forbidden errors and could pinpoint the 403 issues...
Date: 04/09/2009
WWSAPI to WCF Interop 7: HTTP header authentication (part 3) - used in BasicHttpBinding with transport credential only
In my previous post I explained how to do HTTP header authentication protected by SSL in WWSAPI. In...
Date: 03/27/2009
WWSAPI to WCF Interop 7: HTTP header authentication (part 2) - used in WSHttpBinding with transport security
In WCF’s standard bindings, HTTP header authentication can be used in WSHttpBinding with security...
Date: 03/25/2009
Just like WCF, WWSAPI supports Basic, Digest, NTLM and Negotiate HTTP header authentication (If you...
Date: 03/14/2009
In case you haven't see it, check out the Channel 9 video on WWSAPI.
Date: 02/02/2009
It's my first day at work in 2009 after a long vacation. I plan to continue the WWSAPI to WCF...
Date: 01/05/2009
I'll go back to China for the first time in 10 years. It's going to be an exciting time. I'll climb...
Date: 12/03/2008
NetTcpBinding provides a more efficient way to send/receive SOAP messages than HTTP does. The SOAP...
Date: 12/02/2008
WCF endpoints with WSFederationHttpBinding accept SAML tokens issued by trusted Security Token...
Date: 11/24/2008
WWSAPI doesn’t support full message mode security (where security negotiation happens at SOAP...
Date: 11/18/2008
Transport security means the message integrity and confidentiality are provided at transport layer....
Date: 11/14/2008
WCF's BasicHttpBinding is conformant to Basic Profile 1.1. That is, BasicHttpBinding uses SOAP...
Date: 11/05/2008
WCF provides a number of standard bindings, each targeting a specific usage scenario. WSHttpBinding...
Date: 10/30/2008