Security Features

When WCF is enabled as the security provider the administrator can take advantage of different modes of security. WCF has two major modes of security; these are Transport Level Security and Message Level Security.

All aspects of security are set within XML configuration files that are described later in WCF Configuration Files.

The Global Server installation includes sample WCF Configuration files. These are deployed in the sub-folder GlobalWCF_SampleConfigFiles. These should be used as a basis when modifying existing Config files. Refer to WCF Configuration Files for further information.

The following section gives the administrator an overview of the principles behind securing Global using WCF as an authentication provider.