WCF client connecting to Java SOAP web service using WS-Security

Question

I'm having a problem with a .NET WCF client connecting to a Java web service using SOAP 1.1. The service requires both transport level encryption over SSL and SOAP security using the WS-Security protocol, both using the same certificate. I have the certificate installed and I can connect to the server however, I get a HTTP 500 response when I post the request.

I have been able to compare the SOAP produced by WCF with a working example from the developers of the web service. The WCF SOAP message has additional Timestamp and BinarySecurityToken elements which don't occur in the supplied example. I know almost nothing about WS-Security and very little about WCF and so I'm hoping that someone can point me in the correct direction.

Here is the configuration section for my application:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="JavaServiceSoapBinding" closeTimeout="00:01:00"
            openTimeout="00:01:00" receiveTimeout="00:10:00" sendTimeout="00:01:00"
            allowCookies="false" bypassProxyOnLocal="false" hostNameComparisonMode="StrongWildcard"
            maxBufferSize="65536" maxBufferPoolSize="524288" maxReceivedMessageSize="65536"
            messageEncoding="Text" textEncoding="utf-8" transferMode="Buffered"
            useDefaultWebProxy="true">
          <readerQuotas maxDepth="32" maxStringContentLength="8192" maxArrayLength="16384"
              maxBytesPerRead="4096" maxNameTableCharCount="16384" />
          <security mode="TransportWithMessageCredential">
            <transport clientCredentialType="Certificate" proxyCredentialType="None"
                realm="" />
            <message clientCredentialType="Certificate" algorithmSuite="Default" />
          </security>
        </binding>
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
    <client>
      <endpoint address="https://service/endpoint"
          binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="JavaServiceSoapBinding"
          contract="MyCode.MyService" name="MyServicePort" behaviorConfiguration="endpointBehavior">
      </endpoint>
    </client>
    <behaviors>
      <endpointBehaviors>
        <behavior name="endpointBehavior">
          <clientCredentials>
            <clientCertificate storeLocation="LocalMachine" storeName="My" findValue="A1A1A1A1" x509FindType="FindBySerialNumber"/>
            <serviceCertificate>
              <authentication certificateValidationMode="None" revocationMode="NoCheck"/>
            </serviceCertificate>
          </clientCredentials>
        </behavior>
      </endpointBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

And this is the example SOAP header I have from the parter responsible for the service:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:web="http://webservice.connector.speechanalytics.ept.avaya.com/">
  <soapenv:Header>
    <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
      <ds:Signature Id="Signature-5" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
        <ds:SignedInfo>
          <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
          <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"/>
          <ds:Reference URI="#id-6">
            <ds:Transforms>
              <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
            </ds:Transforms>
            <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
            <ds:DigestValue>blablabla=</ds:DigestValue>
          </ds:Reference>
        </ds:SignedInfo>
        <ds:SignatureValue>
          blablabla=
        </ds:SignatureValue>
        <ds:KeyInfo Id="KeyId-blablabla">
          <wsse:SecurityTokenReference wsu:Id="STRId-blablabla" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
            <ds:X509Data>
              <ds:X509IssuerSerial>
                <ds:X509IssuerName>CN=Dept,OU=Product,O=Company,L=Location,ST=BLA,C=BLA</ds:X509IssuerName>
                <ds:X509SerialNumber>1319578157</ds:X509SerialNumber>
              </ds:X509IssuerSerial>
            </ds:X509Data>
          </wsse:SecurityTokenReference>
        </ds:KeyInfo>
      </ds:Signature>
    </wsse:Security>
  </soapenv:Header>
  <soapenv:Body wsu:Id="id-6" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">

and this is the SOAP message that WCF is producing:

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
  <s:Header>
    <o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:o="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd">
      <u:Timestamp u:Id="_0">
        <u:Created>2012-05-21T15:02:36.448Z</u:Created>
        <u:Expires>2012-05-21T15:07:36.448Z</u:Expires>
      </u:Timestamp>
      <o:BinarySecurityToken u:Id="uuid-abd451ed-9bff-4cd0-b9a6-38fcd6bf9e8b-1" ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3" EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary">blablabla==</o:BinarySecurityToken>
      <Signature xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
        <SignedInfo>
          <CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
          <SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"/>
          <Reference URI="#_0">
            <Transforms>
              <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
            </Transforms>
            <DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
            <DigestValue>+blablabla=</DigestValue>
          </Reference>
        </SignedInfo>
        <SignatureValue>blablabla=</SignatureValue>
        <KeyInfo>
          <o:SecurityTokenReference>
            <o:Reference ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-x509-token-profile-1.0#X509v3" URI="#uuid-abd451ed-9bff-4cd0-b9a6-38fcd6bf9e8b-1"/>
          </o:SecurityTokenReference>
        </KeyInfo>
      </Signature>
    </o:Security>
  </s:Header>
  <s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

Answer 1

do you have any details on why the server fails? messages do not have to be exactly the same. try to see if the http 500 body contains something, or if the vendor can tell you from the logs.

next revert to a custombinding instead of a basichttpbinding (do this online automatically ) and on the security element binding add attribute includeTimestamp="false".

try with this first (and get message). workign w/o BinarySecurityToken is also possible but slightly more complex at this stage.