Unable to use basic authentication to access WCF web service

Question

I am trying to configure a WCF service to allow for both Windows/NTLM and Basic Authentication. Unfortunately, given this configuration only Windows/NTLM works and basic authentication fails with an http status code of 401 Unauthorized .

Our IIS 7.5 server is configured to allow for both of these types of authentication.

What is wrong with the below configuration that is preventing basic authentication from working?

<wsHttpBinding>
  <binding name="webBinding">
    <security mode="Transport">
      <transport clientCredentialType="Windows" />
      <transport clientCredentialType="Basic" realm="XXX.YYY.com" />
    </security>
  </binding>
</wsHttpBinding>

I have also tried using basicHttpBinding , as a forum post indicated that wsHttpBinding might prevent basic authentication if WCF felt the password was being passed in clear text.

Answer 1

I would create two end-points one that use Windows credentials and another end-point that uses Basic.