WCF Rest Starter Kit or .NET 3.5 SP1 available on codeplex

lavssun — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:21:00 GMT

What is the WCF REST Starter Kit?

WCF is the framework for building services across the Microsoft Platform providing a rich set of features for building SOAP and REST services in .NET. The WCF REST Starter Kit simplifies development of REST services adding new features and guidance tightly integrated with ASP.NET and the existing WCF release in .NET 3.5 SP1.
These features include:

Caching	[WebCache] attribute provides fully integrated ASP.NET caching
Security	Implement common REST security scenarios beyond simple HTTP authentication
Forms post	Create services that accept inputs from simple HTTP forms
Content negotiation	Templates include built in support for XML / json content negotiation
X-http-method-override	Demonstrates how to tunnel PUT/DELETE over environments where these HTTP verbs are not allow by using the X-http-method-override
Error handling	Web Exception provides an exception model over the HTTP status code model
Automatic help page	Generates an ATOM service document describing your service
Conditional GET/PUT	Demonstrates how to implement conditional GET/PUT operations
Also includes Push style streaming, Type based dispatch and Semi-structured XML support

The starter kit also includes guidance in the form of templates to help users quickly create Restful services

REST Singleton
REST Collection
ATOM Feed
ATOM Publishing Protocol
XML / HTTP (POX)

Where can I learn more?

Watch a video on endpoint.tv or try out a hands on lab:

Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF

lavssun — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:17:00 GMT

Microsoft released the BETA version of WCF Security guide.

The guide, Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF, is our Microsoft playbook for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF /"Indigo".) It shows you how to build secure services using WCF. It's a compendium of proven practices, product team recommendations, and insights from the field. It includes end-to-end application scenarios (Web applications / Smart Clients), as well as step-by-step How Tos. Most importantly it frames out the Web services security space and shows you how to be effective with WCF.

patterns & practices Improving Web Services Security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF

Download the Guide

Guide Download: http://www.codeplex.com/WCFSecurityGuide

Contents at a Glance

Part I - Security Fundamentals for Web Services gives you a quick overview of fundamental security concepts as they relate to services, service-oriented design, and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA.)
Part II - WCF Security Fundamentals gives you a firm foundation in key WCF security concepts, with special attention on authentication, authorization, and secure communication, as well as WCF binding configurations.
Part III - Intranet Application Scenarios shows you a set of end-to-end Intranet application scenarios that you can use to jumpstart your application architecture designs with a focus on authentication, authorization, and communication from a WCF perspective for your intranet.
Part IV - Internet Application Scenarios shows a set of end-to-end Internet application scenarios that you can use to jumpstart your application architecture design for the Internet.

Chapters

Ch 01 - Security Fundamentals for Web Services
Ch 02 - Threats and Countermeasures for Web Services
Ch 03 - Security Design Guidelines for Web Services
Ch 04 - WCF Security Fundamentals
Ch 05 - Authentication, Authorization and Identities in WCF
Ch 06 - Impersonation and Delegation in WCF
Ch 07 - Message and Transport Security in WCF
Ch 08 - WCF Bindings Fundamentals
Ch 09 - Intranet – Web to Remote WCF Using Transport Security (Original Caller, TCP)
Ch 10 - Intranet – Web to Remote WCF Using Transport Security (Trusted Subsystem,HTTP)
Ch 11 - Intranet – Web to Remote WCF Using Transport Security (Trusted Subsystem TCP)
Ch 12 - Intranet – Windows Forms to Remote WCF Using Transport Security (Original Caller, TCP)
Ch 13 - Internet – WCF and ASMX Client to Remote WCF Using Transport Security (Trusted Subsystem, HTTP)
Ch 14 - Internet – Web to Remote WCF Using Transport Security (Trusted Subsystem, TCP)
Ch 15 - Internet – Windows Forms Client to Remote WCF Using Message Security (Original Caller, HTTP)

Reference

WCF Security Checklist
WCF Security Guidelines
WCF Security Practices at a Glance
WCF Questions and Answers (Q&A)
How Tos
WCF Security Resources

More Information

Guide site: http://www.codeplex.com/WCFSecurityGuide
Project Site (Online KB): http://www.codeplex.com/WCFSecurity
Project updates at J.D. Meier’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier

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WCF Rest Starter Kit or .NET 3.5 SP1 available on codeplex

Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF