Access Control to a WebService in .NET

[SpeedJunkie]

Hi,
I have a windows application and I am using a webservice in that. Now I want that this webservice should be only accessible through my application and if user tries to access the webservice by typing the URL in a browser he should not be able to see the methods.

[tlhintoq]

That seems like a reasonable 'want'

[SpeedJunkie]

Any body has any ideas how to achieve this.....

[PRR]

Try this : Pass Current Credentials to an ASP.NET Web Service

[SpeedJunkie]

Thnx for your reply DeepBlue
I am calling the Webservice from the winform application.

I have checked the Integrated Windows Auth in IIS server and unchecked Anonymous access.
Here is sample code for what i am trying to do.

Webservice temp = new Webservice();
            WebProxy proxy = new WebProxy(temp.Url,false);
            temp.Proxy = proxy;
            temp.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
            temp.HelloWorld();

But still I am getting 401 error. Also I noticed that DefaultCredenti als don't have empty strings in user name, password and domain name.
Any ideas why this is happening?

[PRR]

If you are talking about adding web service reference to the windows application, its the same way as in asp.net application... Add web reference ...

[SpeedJunkie]

I have checked the Integrated Windows Auth in IIS server and unchecked Anonymous access.
Here is sample code for what i am trying to do.

Webservice temp = new Webservice();
WebProxy proxy = new WebProxy(temp.Url,false);
temp.Proxy = proxy;
temp.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
temp.HelloWorld();

But still I am getting 401 error. Also I noticed that DefaultCredenti als don't have empty strings in user name, password and domain name.
Any ideas why this is happening?

[SpeedJunkie]

Any ideas guys........

[balame2004]

Compile the method as internal in web service so that would be invisible when you type url in browser.

  [WebMethod]
       internal string HelloWorld()
        {
            return "Hello World";
        }