I have developed some RESTful web services using C#. Can anyone suggest me (with some resources to follow) the best method to authenticate the services since it will be passing through and retrieving some very sensitive data.
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I have developed some RESTful web services using C#. Can anyone suggest me (with some resources to follow) the best method to authenticate the services since it will be passing through and retrieving some very sensitive data.
I will recommend using API Key, here is an post to follow.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rjacobs/archive/2010/06/14/how-to-do-api-key-verification-for-rest-services-in-net-4.aspx
This gives you the security you need with simplicity, and it doesnt prevent you to add further security on top such as https or use of client certificates.