Consume java web service from .NET Web Service and/or asp.net web application

Question

I'm trying to consume a Java Web Service from third party, so i dont have any control over it. I have a pfx file which is password protected, and i installed it in my development box. This is the code i'm using:

var proxy = new   MyServiceReference.WsaaServerBeanService();
var result = proxy.login("test");

I'm getting System.Net.Sockets.SocketError.TimedOut exception when invoking the login web method. The first thing that come to my mind is an authentication issue. Apart from installing the pfx, do i need to send some other info to the web server to authenticate?

Answer 1

System.Net.Sockets.SocketError.TimedOut

Does not indicate an authentication issue, it indicates that you either are not able to contact the remote web service endpoint, or you are and the service is taking too long to respond. Make sure you can actually hit the endpoint from your machine via telnet, a web browser etc...

Authentication failures will usually return immediately.