I did some experimentation today with authentication over http. Using the System.Net.WebClient class I made requests against both a HttpListener based server and WCF service contract using webHttpBinding. With HttpListener I can get Basic authentication and WindowsIntegratedAuthentication working just fine. With WebHttpBinding I cannot get either. I am aware that with WebHttpBinding over https you […]
Glenn Block announces some details on P&P’s plans for the new WPF Composite Client. In general this is great news. Unfortunately it comes one day after I bitched to him about how P&P were neglecting WPF based smart clients 🙂 What specifically I want to comment on is the following quotes Win Forms is the recommended breadth […]
Tim Ewald responds to Don’s question about the validity of the the four tenets. Don asked for input… This quote really struck home: And finally, I’m not sure I want to build on a layer designed to factor HTTP in on top of a layer that was designed to factor it out. Considering that I am […]