calling a web service using WCF over Http and Https

Question

In our project we have a java web service that runs over http and https. We want to use http internally and https for the external version of our web app.

So we\'ve

Answer 1

I found an answer digging around MSDN.

In my case, I was using a custom binding:

That was referenced in the service

Adding a second binding that used httpsTransport and then a second service that used that binding did the trick. Final output:

May not be ideal, but it works. These were the only changes I made to make SSL work. Since it is all in the binding & transport, the code remains the same.

Relevant MSDN links:

1. Custom Binding: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731377.aspx
2. HttpTransport: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.channels.httptransportbindingelement.aspx
3. HttpsTransport: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.channels.httpstransportbindingelement.aspx