How to enable Session with SSL wsHttpBinding in WCF

Question

I have a WCF Service with wsHttpBindings and SSL enabled, but I\'d like to enable WCF sessions.

After changing SessionMode to required

SessionMode:         


        

Answer 1

By default, WSHttpBinding only allows security sessions. It is a concept of WCF and is not linked to Transport. A security session is not a session over https, but a session with mutual authentication. This is achieved by adding message security.

Based upon your service, you should apply this config

On clientside, here is a simple unit test

[TestMethod]
    public void TestSecuritySession()
    {
        //remove this is certificate is valid
        ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = new System.Net.Security.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback((sender, certificate, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => { return true; });

        var binding = new WSHttpBinding();
        binding.Security = new WSHttpSecurity() { Mode = SecurityMode.TransportWithMessageCredential};
        ChannelFactory Factory = new ChannelFactory(binding, new EndpointAddress("https://localhost/TestService.svc"));

        Factory.Open();
        var channel = Factory.CreateChannel();

        //call service here

        (channel as IClientChannel).Close();

        Factory.Close();
    }