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copied!<p>I had to do a lot of reading between multiple articles to get the details I was looking for from my original post. The information that helped things to clear up a bit for me was the following:</p> <p><em>Each protocol (TCP, HTTP, MSMQ, NamedPipes) has its own mechanism for passing credentials and handling message protection.</em></p> <p>Above is from the <a href="http://wcfsecurityguide.codeplex.com/releases/view/15892" rel="noreferrer">WCFSecurityGuide</a></p> <p>Coming from a primarily web background I have a pretty good understanding of HTTP and securing it with a SSL cert. However this exact procedure is not required in a Windows environment for net.tcp which uses its own method in Windows to secure the transport layer. </p> <p>So when it gets down to it, here are the (2) explinations in regards to securing a HTTP binding and net.tcp in a Windows environment that I wanted to understand:</p> <p><strong>For net.tcp:</strong> <em>The service and clients are authenticated using Windows authentication, and the messages are secured at the transport level by Windows security</em></p> <p><strong>For a HTTP binding (i.e. wsHttpBinding):</strong> <em>When using HTTP bindings, the transport security is provided by SSL. The SSL certificate is used to provide the message protection.</em></p> <p>So I will <em>not</em> need a SSL cert for the net.tcp binding as that is handled by Windows Security and is inheriently secure when using Transport security. When using a wsHttpBinding I will still need to secure the Transport with a SSL certificate which I had done as mentioned previously, and exposed the binding via HTTPS.</p> <p>If any future readers have similar questions the WCF guide link I posted and the link below are a good place to start:</p> <p><strong>Common WCF Security Scenarios:</strong><BR> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730301.aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730301.aspx</a></p>

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