Using X509IncludeOption to avoid...
In the System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates namespace, X509IncludeOption is an enumeration that is defined as:public enum X509IncludeOption{ None, ExcludeRoot, EndCertOnly,...
View ArticleCOM+ application recycling
Clarifying answers to some questions.-is there any know issues with application recycling, especially on memory limit? General Information================Application recycling works by creating a...
View ArticleCreateRequest method from IX509Enrollment
The CreateRequest method retrieves an encoded PKCS#10 certificate request.This method uses the information provided during initialization and other properties that have been specified, creates a dummy...
View ArticleCOM client failing with error 8000401a
The error 8000401a (CO_E_RUNAS_LOGON_FAILURE) means "The server process could not be started because the configured identity is incorrect. Check the username and password".Many a times we have seen...
View ArticleSSL offloading in load balancer scenario
Problem descriptionWCF service hosted on IIS runs over http behind load balanced servers. The load balancer is configured to perform ssl offloading.The WCF service is perfectly browsed on the server...
View ArticleWCF: Consuming WCF Web Service in a DLL
Problem Statement:We have requirement where we need to consume a service (asmx or WCF) in a class then we need to consume that class in client application to get the response from service. But the...
View ArticleWCF: Concept of FLAT WSDL
Ask: Java Client (Non.Net client) unable to consume the WCF service WSDL document. Reason:After collecting fiddler traces from client side, I see that there is a problem while trying to get the XSD...
View ArticleWCF: Simple way to modify serialized response
Problem descriptionThis type of problem generally appears in interop scenarios where client could be .net application and service could be java web service. .net client application is able to send...
View Articlepoints to note while registering and unregistering COM components
Few points to note while registering and unregistering COM components:This registry hive (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT) is a virtual registry hive, which allows for both per-user and per-machine object...
View ArticleWCF: Sending large file to WCF fails with “404 Not Found” Error
WCF: Sending large file to WCF fails with “404 Not Found” Error Problem DescriptionI have a WCF service which accept the file from client but throws an error if the file size is more than 50 MB. If...
View ArticleASMX: Event code: 3005 : InvalidOperationException : Request format is...
Issue DefinitionASMX web service hosted over IIS.Intermittently we observe following error being logged in event viewer. Error In Event viewer:Event code: 3005 Event message: An unhandled exception has...
View ArticleWCF: Unable to handle load (SSL and client cert authentication) -...
Issue Definition:WCF unable to handle load from multiple client when running with (Transport security with client credential as client certificate). Symptoms:1. From network traces, we see that server...
View ArticleWCF: Exposing metadata over NetTcp Binding issue
WCF: Exposing metadata over NetTcp Binding issue Problem Description:You will find your WCF service unresponsive and when you will collect the traces it will show you following...
View ArticleWCF: WCF (xmlSerialization) dropping certain properties of an object during...
Task:To consume the JavaService from a WCF client application. Issue:WCF Client using XML Serialization dropping certain properties, even though we set them correctly. Tools used to confirm...
View ArticleWCF: Request failing when data pulled in stream is big
Problem Definition: I have a WCF service "http://localhost:1518/Service1.svc" built on .Net Framework 4.0 and hosted on IIS over a windows server 2008 R2 box. I am pulling data from database using this...
View ArticleWCF: Not able to download metadata from 3rd party web service
Problem statementThere is a publicly available 3rd party web service. The objective is to consume this service as a normal WCF service client for .net application. However, application gets into error:...
View ArticleIdentify memory leak for a process hosting ASMX/ WCF service
Problem statementA good number of asmx web services are hosted on IIS application pool (4.0 | 64bit) over Windows server 2008 R2 SP1. It is observed the private bytes usage for the application pool...
View ArticleWCF: Non HTTP Activation service installation issue
Problem Statement: We have a server machine where Net.Pipe Listener Adapter, Net.Tcp Listener Adapter services are deleted while in the server machine these services were running fine. When we...
View ArticleWCF: certificate trust list (CTL) issue with window Server 2012 R2 and Window...
Problem Description: We have a WCF service https://localhost:38215/Service1.svc . We are accessing this service over SSL and using client certificate for authentication. We are getting 403 Forbidden...
View ArticleWCF: Delegation at Message Level security
Basics:Review this article to get familiar with basic settings needed for WCF delegation.http://blogs.msdn.com/b/saurabs/archive/2012/08/28/wcf-learning-impersonation-and-delegation.aspx Basic...
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