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I have a specific Silverlight application, that is fed with data by a WCF-Service. I want to make sure, that the WCF-Service is only called by that specific Silverlight App. What is the best way to accomplish that and what do I have to do? It doesn’t have to be a high security solution.
Thanks in advance,
Frank
Enable basic authentication (username/password) on the service. Create a single user which the Silverlight app will use to authenticate itself with the service.
Easier, but less secure, might be to just use some sort of identifier (only known to the Silverlight client) as a service parameter.
Both options are obviously most secure when implemented with HTTPS. This can be accomplished by using a server certificate.