how to expose a service as secure?

Question

in a project i want to expose a service to clients for giving a xml file to them. i use web service and soapHeader for authentication. is the way secure? what is foible of it? what is the other Techniques for this aim? i read something about REST. is it for this?

Answer 1

Simply create a WCF service. It will be secure by default.

The default settings create a service using WS-Security. If you have clients that cannot handle WS-Security, you can adjust the security settings downward until your clients can handle it.