Calling web service via SSL (https)

[Taiwo Ayedun]

What is the trick to calling a web service accessed via https?

I can navigate OK to the web service ASMX file from IE. From time to time
when I access the web service via IE, I am asked to accept or reject the
certificate. I always accept the certificate and I have on several occasions
actually installed the certificate in the certificate store on the machine.

First, why am I being repeatedly asked to accept the certificate even after
I have installed it in the certificate store? Is it because I am not using
a
certificate issued by the recognized Certification Authorities such as
Verisign and Thawte (I am using Microsoft Certificate Server to issue the
server certificate for the web service site).

Secondly, when I programmatically access the web service via the web service
proxy, I get the error "The underlying connection was closed: Could not
establish trust relationship with remote server."

Now, I have exported the certificate installed in the certificate store to
X509 format. I even went so far as to export the certificate on the web site
for use on the web service client, after which I used the following piece
of
code:

Dim ws As New TestWS.MyWebservice.Hello() '-- instantiate the web service

ws.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials '-- Pass in
credentials

Dim x509 As X509Certificate =
X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile("c:\HelloWs.cer") '-- Load the
certificate from a file

ws.ClientCertificates.Add(x509) '-- add the certificate

ws.HelloWorld '-- call the web method

Whether I use the code above or not prior to calling the webmethod of a
webservice accessed via https, I always get the error "The underlying
connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship with remote
server."

Please I need some insights on how to resolve this problem.

Thanks,

Taiwo

[Phil Weber]

> What is the trick to calling a web service accessed via https?

Taiwo: You may find the following helpful:

HOW TO: Secure XML Web Services with Secure Socket Layer
in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307267

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Phil Weber