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Pierre - 24 Mar 2006 13:48 GMT

Hi everybody,

I need a solution to be able to check who, when and from where a client
is using what service (and I cannot access IIS' logs).

I gathered that I could set a a custom SoapHeader with the proprieties
needed, fill it on the client and use the data on the server. But isn't
there a built in way of doing that in WSE?

Thank you for your tips, help and remarks.

Best regards,
Pierre

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Pablo Cibraro - 27 Mar 2006 15:09 GMT

Hi Pierre,

Yes, WSE offers different security headers to identity a user, such as
UsernameToken (User + Password), Kerberos, X509, custom, etc.
In addition, it provides message security so no one can change the message
while it goes from the client to the service.
To make the things easier to configure, WSE provides a set of pre-configured
scenarios called Turn-Key scenarios.
In your case, you can use one of this turn-key scenarios:

1. UsernameOverTransport ( User + Password using the security provided by
the transport )
2. UsernameForCertificate ( User + Password encrypted and signed with a X509
Certificate )

I recommend you to take a look the quickstarts provided by WSE.

Regards,
Pablo Cibraro
http://weblogs.asp.net/cibrax

> Hi everybody,
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> Best regards,
> Pierre

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Pierre - 29 Mar 2006 11:10 GMT

Hi,

Sorry for the misunderstanding Pablo, I'd like to log the use of my
WSs, I'm not focused on authentication (yet).

I have created that soap extension that writes logs, but I cannot
figure out a way to register it in the web.config. I have tried many
ways...

Here are the info needed from the extension:

namespace Hss.Com.WebServices.Tools
public class LogTraceExtension : SoapExtension

<soapExtensionTypes>
<add type="Hss.Com.WebServices.Tools.LogTraceExtension"
priority="1" group="0" />
</soapExtensionTypes>

When I try to debug the WS I get the following error:

Could not load type 'Hss.Com.WebServices.Tools.LogTraceExtension' from
assembly 'System.Web.Services, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'.

I have seen several examples of <soapExtensionTypes> on the web, but
they did not enlight me.

Thx for the tips and help you'll be able to send,
Pierre

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Pablo Cibraro - 30 Mar 2006 20:08 GMT

Hi Pierre,

At first glance, you forgot to specify the assembly name for the type.

<add type="Hss.Com.WebServices.Tools.LogTraceExtension, ASSEMBLY_NAME">
priority="1" group="0" />

Replace ASSEMBLY_NAME for the correct name.

I hope this can solve your problem.

Regards,
Pablo.

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> Thx for the tips and help you'll be able to send,
> Pierre

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