Setting Transport level security on webHttp WCF service - wcf

I am trying to set transport level security on a webHttp binding WCF service my current config looks like this
<system.serviceModel>
<client>
<endpoint binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="webHttp"
contract="PrimeStreamInfoServices.IService1" name="Client" />
</client>
<bindings>
<webHttpBinding>
<binding name="webHttp" maxBufferPoolSize="1500000" maxReceivedMessageSize="1500000" maxBufferSize="1500000">
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="None"
proxyCredentialType="None"
realm="string" />
</security>
</binding>
</webHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="PrimeStreamInfoServices.Service1" behaviorConfiguration="PrimeStreamInfoServices.Service1Behavior">
<!-- Service Endpoints -->
<endpoint address="" binding="webHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="webHttp" contract="PrimeStreamInfoServices.IService1">
<!--
Upon deployment, the following identity element should be removed or replaced to reflect the
identity under which the deployed service runs. If removed, WCF will infer an appropriate identity
automatically.
-->
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="PrimeStreamInfoServices.Service1Behavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<diagnostics>
<messageLogging logMalformedMessages="true" logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true"
logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true" />
</diagnostics>
however when i run my service i get an exception:
Could not find a base address that matches scheme https for the endpoint with binding WebHttpBinding. Registered base address schemes are [http].
I know im missing something, and I have been trying various things I cant figure it out, anyone got some input on what i have to do?

Yes - switch to HTTPS, with a suitable certificate. Transport security, in the case of HTTP is provided by an SSL channel. You can't have WS* transport security over plain HTTPS

Ignore my previous answer, I was thinking wsHttpBinding not webHttpBinding.
It is the address that you use to call the service that must start with https.
https://machineName/ServiceName

Can you try to add a base address (inside the <host> element of your service config) which is https ? Are you adding a (or multiple) base address(es) in code?
<service name="PrimeStreamInfoServices.Service1"
behaviorConfiguration="PrimeStreamInfoServices.Service1Behavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="https://localhost:8080/YourService.svc" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<!-- Service Endpoints -->
<endpoint ......
</service>
Not 100% sure if that works with the webHttpBinding, but give it a try!
Marc

Remember that besides the right WCF config, you also need to configure IIS property to enable SSL on it (including setting the right X.509 certificate for SSL). The docs have some decent information on how to do it.

Related

WCF Binding to HTTPS

I understand that there are many posts about this, and I've been through all of them that came up on my search and implemented everything that was mentioned. I have a WCF web service that works on my local system on HTTP, and it worked on the server on HTTP. But the client requires that this works through HTTPS. The miriad of posts on this and other sites shows me that this is not as straight forward as it should be, since before this, the ASMX web service "just worked" and didn't need complicated configuration.
I'm getting the following error with my current configuration:
Could not find a base address that matches scheme https for the
endpoint with binding WSHttpBinding. Registered base address schemes
are [http].
Here is my code as of this moment, after trying for days to configure this to work to no avail:
<system.serviceModel>
<!-- -->
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" >
<baseAddressPrefixFilters>
<add prefix="https://mysite.com"/>
<add prefix="http://mysite.com"/>
</baseAddressPrefixFilters>
</serviceHostingEnvironment>
<!-- Set up Custom Behaviors -->
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WebPostService.WebPostServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true" httpsGetUrl="WebPostServices.svc/mex" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<!-- Set up the binding configuration -->
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="SOAPBinding"
>
<security mode="Transport">
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service
behaviorConfiguration="WebPostService.WebPostServiceBehavior"
name="WebPostService.WebPostService"
>
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="https://mysite.com/Services/WebPostService.svc"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address=""
binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="SOAPBinding"
contract="WebPostService.IWebPostService"
>
<identity>
<dns value="mysite.com" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint
address="mex"
binding="mexHttpsBinding"
contract="IMetadataExchange"
>
</endpoint>
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
What am I doing wrong and how can I get this to work over HTTPS? I'm frustrated that this is not as simple as it should be. I have been burried in WCF documentation at MSDN for the months working on this project, and have a good grasp of services, end-points and bindings --- enough to frustrate me even more than if I had no knowledge at all.
UPDATE: Still working on this, I had an odd error when trying to put the full URL for the mex address. I changed to this:
address="https://prcwebs.com/Services/WebPostService.svc/mex"
and got the error:
Security settings for this service require Windows Authentication but
it is not enabled for the IIS application that hosts this service.
I'm not trying to use Windows Authentication, the security setting wasn't changed and is still set to
<security mode="Transport" />
Could not find a base address that matches scheme https for the endpoint with binding WebHttpBinding. Registered base address schemes are [http]
- was not helpful, nothing mentioned that would help
Could not find a base address that matches scheme http for the endpoint with binding WSHttpBinding
- I'm using transport security, this does not apply. tried changing to different security modes, still could not get site to work.
Add multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" to the serviceHostingEnvironment and update the security to disable client credentials:
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="None"></transport>
</security>
EDIT
My final working version under windows 2003 was with the following config.
<system.serviceModel>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="false" />
<!-- Set up Custom Behaviors -->
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors>
</endpointBehaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WebPostService.WebPostServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true" httpsGetUrl="WebPostServices.svc/mex" />
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<!-- Set up the binding configuration -->
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="SOAPBinding">
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="None"/>
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="WebPostService.WebPostServiceBehavior"
name="WcfService2.Service1">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="https://localhost/Service/Service1.svc"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address=""
binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="SOAPBinding"
contract="WcfService2.IService1">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex"
binding="mexHttpsBinding"
contract="IMetadataExchange">
</endpoint>
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
You can access the website with https so I guess the certificate part of the installation is correct. If you have anything you want to compare with my setup, let me know.
You are using the wrong bindings for HTTPS.
There is two separate binding classes. wsHttpBinding and wsHttpsBinding notice the s.
You need to add a wsHttpsBinding for HTTPS under bindings and you need a new endpoint for that binding.
Also the particular error you are seeing typically I get to see if IIS hasn't been setup for https from that location.
Open IIS Manager
Open Sites
Right click on Default Web Site.
Edit Bindings
Ensure that there is an entry for https as well as http.
Open IIS Manager
Find your application (I think its going to be Default Web Site).
Right click
Manage Website/Application
Advanced Settings
Enabled Protocols
http,https
I used this and it worked for me, maybe it can help you
To enable the Https on WCF WsHttp bindings, there are some simple steps that should be changed in the web.config file.
Those steps are:
Enable transport level security in the web.config file of the service:
In this step you need to change the security mode from none to Transport. The code below shows how you can do it:
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="TransportSecurity">
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="None"/>
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
Tie up the binding and specify the HTTPS configuration
You need to now associate the bindings, the previews step, with the end points. use the bindingConfiguration tag to specify the binding name. You also need to specify the address where the service is hosted. The code below shows how you can do it
<service name="WCFWSHttps.Service1" behaviorConfiguration="WCFWSHttps.Service1Behavior">
<!-- Service Endpoints -->
<endpoint address=https://localhost/WCFWSHttps/Service1.svc binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="TransportSecurity" contract="WCFWSHttps.IService1"/>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
.
you also need to change httpGetEnabled to httpsGetEnabled in the serviceMetaData. The code below shows how you can it:
<serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
Hope it helped
I've used your exact configuration in 3.5 setting and it works with Transport mode using clientCredentialType="None" as mentioned below in Luuk's answer. But just to be sure, I went ahead an created a sample project to simulate as much of your environment as I could gather from the information here.
To simulate your environment I set my IIS (7.5) to use standard Asp.Net 2.0 Integrated app pool. I added 3 http bindings and 3 https bindings in order to simulate your "can have only one address per scheme issue" and baseAddressPrefixFilters works with that.
I only did a search and replace on mysite.com to localhost. Below is the copy paste of exact configuration that I used to produce the screenshot:
web.config
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" />
<authentication mode="None"/>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
<system.serviceModel>
<!-- -->
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true">
<baseAddressPrefixFilters>
<add prefix="https://localhost"/>
<add prefix="http://localhost"/>
</baseAddressPrefixFilters>
</serviceHostingEnvironment>
<!-- Set up Custom Behaviors -->
<behaviors>
<endpointBehaviors/>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WebPostService.WebPostServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true" httpsGetUrl="WebPostServices.svc/mex"/>
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<!-- Set up the binding configuration -->
<bindings>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="SOAPBinding">
<security mode="Transport">
<transport clientCredentialType="None"/>
</security>
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="WebPostService.WebPostServiceBehavior" name="WebPostService.WebPostService">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="https://localhost/Services/WebPostService.svc"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="SOAPBinding" contract="WebPostService.IWebPostService">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost"/>
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpsBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
Here's the result:
You'll notice that WebPostService.svc appears twice in mex full url. You need to drop httpsGetUrl to be only mex instead of WebPostService.svc/mex (or drop it out altogether, and it still works fine on my side)
If you'd like to discuss this or what could be different between our envinronments besides IIS version, I'm in WPF chat room almost all day (another 5-6 hours).

WCF - Can't Generate Metadata/Implement MEX for NetMsmq Binding under IIS WAS?

I have been successfull in implementing NetTcp bindings and metadata under WAS but I am having a problem with the netMsmqBinding under WAS/IIS. In a nutshell, I can implement MEX for a Self Hosted NetMsmq binding application but not WAS/IIS. It seems like WAS is rejecting any of the addresses that I use where I can use any address in the self hosted app. In other words I can do this in self hosted:
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service name="Microsoft.Samples.MSMQTransactedSample.OrderProcessorService" behaviorConfiguration="OrderProcessorServiceBehavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8000/ServiceModelSamples/service" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<!-- Define NetMsmqEndpoint -->
<endpoint address="net.msmq://localhost/private/ServiceModelSamplesTransacted" binding="netMsmqBinding" bindingConfiguration="TransactedBinding" contract="Microsoft.Samples.MSMQTransactedSample.IOrderProcessor" />
<!-- the mex endpoint is exposed at http://localhost:8000/ServiceModelSamples/service/mex -->
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="OrderProcessorServiceBehavior">
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<bindings>
<netMsmqBinding>
<binding name="TransactedBinding">
<security mode="None" />
</binding>
</netMsmqBinding>
</bindings>
</system.serviceModel>
Hoever, when I try something similar in WAS, it says no endpoint lisening at address 8000. It won't host the metdata. Can someone help me get metadata or implement MEX for NetMsmq in WAS:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<netMsmqBinding>
<binding name="MsmqBindingNonTransactionalNoSecurity" exactlyOnce="false">
<security mode="None"/>
</binding>
</netMsmqBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="Portal.LoadSim.Services.MsmqService" behaviorConfiguration="PortalServiceBehavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8000/PortalLoadSimServices10/MsmqService"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<!-- Define NetMsmqEndpoint -->
<endpoint address="net.msmq://localhost/private/PortalLoadSimServices10/MsmqService.svc" binding="netMsmqBinding" bindingConfiguration="MsmqBindingNonTransactionalNoSecurity" contract="Portal.LoadSim.Shared.IMsmqService" />
<!-- the mex endpoint is exposed at http://localhost:8000/PortalLoadSimServices10/MsmqService/mex -->
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="PortalServiceBehavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
You need to add URL access control for your services. This command should work for you:
netsh http add urlacl url=http://localhost:8000/PortalLoadSimServices10/MsmqService user="NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService" listen=yes
To delete the entry
delete urlacl url=http://localhost:8000/PortalLoadSimServices10/MsmqService
HTH
UPDATE: This is not the anwer to your problem. This is what you would do if you wanted to run the services as a self-hosted application and run it under non-standard account. Sorry I was getting it mixed up. I tried using your configuration on a sample application at home and found I had to do two things to get it to work - one, I have to rename the queue to the path and name of the svc file (e.g. PortalLoadSimServices10/MsmqService.svc) and rather than using the base address just browse to the svc file in your IIS host application. You might also need to modify the queue permissions so iis can access it correctly. Let me know if this solves your issue.

Getting an Security setting exception while accessing a WCF service

Following are binding configurations of my WCF service.
Anonymous access: off
Basic authentication: on
Integrated Windows authentication: off !!
support HTTP protocol .
I am getting an following exception while accessing my WCF service:
Security settings for this service require 'Anonymous' Authentication but it is not enabled for the IIS application that hosts this service.
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="MyBinding">
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType ="Basic" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="WMWcfWebServiceLib.Service1Behavior"
name="WMWcfWebServiceLib.WMWcfWebService">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="MyBinding"
contract="WMWcfWebServiceLib.IWMWebService">
</endpoint>
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8731/Design_Time_Addresses/WMWcfWebServiceLib/Service1/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="WMWcfWebServiceLib.Service1Behavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information,
set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes,
set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment
to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="False" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
Please Help!!
Edit
I am able to access the WCF service through the web browser with the following changes:
Changes the security mode to TransportCredentialOnly and Removed the Mex Endpoint, but now as obvious I am not able to create the proxy on the client side.
Please let me know where I am wrong ?
If you want to support HTTP only your configuration is not used at all because mode="Transport" demands HTTPS. First find why config is not used (probably wrong type name in service element). Next change security mode to TransportCredentialOnly. But be aware that TransportCredentialOnly + Basic authentication means that HTTP requests will contain plain text Windows user name and password. In most cases such implementation will not pass any security audit.
Edit:
You can create proxy without mex endpoint if you still support httpGetEnabled in service metadata behavior.

WCF Service netTCPbinding

I want to use netTCPbinding, so I've changed my web config as below. I'm experiencing this error:
Could not find a base address that matches scheme net.tcp for the endpoint with binding NetTcpBinding. Registered base address schemes are [http].
How can this be solved?
<services>
<service name="DXDirectory.DXDirectoryService" behaviorConfiguration="DXDirectory.Service1Behavior">
<!-- Service Endpoints -->
<endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WindowsSecured" contract="DXDirectory.IDXDirectoryService">
<!--
Upon deployment, the following identity element should be removed or replaced to reflect the
identity under which the deployed service runs. If removed, WCF will infer an appropriate identity
automatically.
-->
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:2582/DXDirectoryService" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="DXDirectory.Service1Behavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" />
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
<serviceAuthorization principalPermissionMode="UseWindowsGroups" />
<!--<serviceCredentials>-->
<!--<userNameAuthentication userNamePasswordValidationMode="Custom"
membershipProviderName="CustomUserNameValidator"/>-->
<!--</serviceCredentials>-->
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
HMm... you've added the base address to your services/host section ok.
Quick question: are you self-hosting, or hosting in IIS ?? Which version of IIS ??
IIS5/6 only support HTTP connections - you cannot host a NetTCP in IIS 5/6.
In IIS7, you have to manually go through a series of steps to enable non-HTTP bindings, but it's possible. See this MSDN article on how to achieve this.
Self-hosting is the best option - you get all bindings and are in total control of your service being hosted.
Marc
Here is a NetTcpBinding basic example from msdn. See if this can help you.
EDIT:
And here is a related SO question.
I cant see section in your config file, can u please
please add this
<netTcpBinding>
<binding name="WindowsSecured">
<security mode="none"/>
</binding>
</netTcpBinding>

IIS hosted WCF-service + Windows auth in IIS + TransportCredentialOnly/Windows auth in basicHttpBinding

I want to create a WCF-service hosted in IIS6 and disable anonymous authentication in IIS. And don't use SSL.
So only way I have is to use basicHttpBinging with TransportCredentialOnly, itsn't it?
I create a virtual directory, set Windows Integrated Auth and uncheck "Enable Anonymous Access".
Here's my web.config:
<system.serviceModel>
<bindings>
<basicHttpBinding>
<binding name="MyBinding">
<security mode="TransportCredentialOnly">
<transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />
</security>
</binding>
</basicHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<services>
<service name="Samples.ServiceFacadeService" behaviorConfiguration="ServiceFacadeServiceBehavior">
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingName="MyBinding"
contract="Samples.IServiceFacadeService">
</endpoint>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="ServiceFacadeServiceBehavior">
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
You can see that I even haven't included MEX-enpoint for metadata exchange. Just one endpoint and one binding for it with TransportCredentialOnly security.
But when I tries to start service (invoking a method throught client proxy) I got such exception in the EventLog:
Exception:
System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException:
The service
'/wcftest/ServiceFacadeService.svc'
cannot be activated due to an
exception during compilation. The
exception message is: Security
settings for this service require
'Anonymous' Authentication but it is
not enabled for the IIS application
that hosts this service.. --->
System.NotSupportedException: Security
settings for this service require
'Anonymous' Authentication but it is
not enabled for the IIS application
that hosts this service.
I have no idea why my service require Anonymous auth? Why?
The answer found jezell. Thanks.
I mixed up bindingName and bindingConfiguration :
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingName="MyBinding"
contract="Samples.IServiceFacadeService">
</endpoint>
That's right:
<endpoint address="" binding="basicHttpBinding" **bindingConfiguration**="MyBinding"
contract="Samples.IServiceFacadeService">
</endpoint>
The MEX endpoint may still be the problem (see this post). Try disabling MEX like this:
<services>
<!-- Note: the service name must match the configuration name for the service implementation. -->
<service name="MyNamespace.MyServiceType" behaviorConfiguration="MyServiceTypeBehaviors" >
<!-- Add the following endpoint. -->
<!-- Note: your service must have an http base address to add this endpoint. -->
<endpoint contract="IMetadataExchange" binding="mexHttpBinding" address="mex" />
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="MyServiceTypeBehaviors" >
<!-- This disables it. -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
Here is a good post on securing MEX.
Use basicHttpBinding for your mex endpoint and apply the same bindingConfiguration:
To get VS wcf service project (new sample project) to work with authentication under IIS, you have to:
1) Allow Anonymous access in IIS
2) Prefix your public methods with a attribute like this:
[PrincipalPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Role = "MyADGroup")]
public string SendMyMessage(string Message)
{...}