Sending User Credentials over the Wire

[kloppie]

Hi,

I'm working on an app which will run on the Compact Framework 1.x.

The app will be docked to a workstation. The workstation will be logged
in to the LAN with a valid NT user account.

This app consumes a Web Service which will be located on the LAN.

When the app then calls the Web Service, i was hoping that the user
credentials from the workstation would be sent to Web Service - but my
Web Service call fails, and this has leed my to believe that no user
credentials are sent to the Web Service. Am i right?

Anybody knows?

- Martin K. Jensen

 

[Sergey Bogdanov]

No, you have to explicily set credentials when calling Web method. Since
CF1.0 does't support NTLM Authentication and works only with Digest or
Basic Auhtentication, you have to read Mark Ihimoyan's post about NTLM:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ihimmar/archive/2005/06/07/426500.aspx

 

[kloppie]

Thank Sergey,

just the info i needed.

What about CF 2.0?

 

[Sergey Bogdanov]

The .NET Compact Framework 2.0 now supports NTLM and Kerberos
authentication also. For more information what's new in CF2.0 see this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/whats_new_netcf2.asp