Connect with WCF to a WebService authenticated with username/password

Question

I created a proxy of a Web Service with Visual Studio 2008, and it created for me the following entry in the app.config:

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Answer 1

I post here the solution for future readers:

In the end I could use the default basicHttpBinding. The only difference from the code posted in the question is the security node.

Also note the mode="TransportCredentialOnly" option, this allows you to send username/password using http instead of https. This is necessary for testing environments as the one I'm using. Later on obviously you'll prefer https to send your credentials.

Afterwards in code you'll enter your username/password:

var ws = new ***.MyHandlerClient("MyHandler");
ws.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "myUsername";
ws.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "myPassword";
var result = ws.executeMyMethod();