Re: http request from windows service

From: Eliyahu Goldin (removemeegoldin_at_monarchmed.com)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:58:14 +0200

Thank you Joe,

It is SSL and it uses client certificate. I will look at it.

Eliyahu

"Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" <joseph.e.kaplan@removethis.accenture.com> wrote
in message news:eiMe00t4EHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> It might be credentials-related, SSL related or proxy server related.
Does
> the server require authentication? If it is SSL, are you sure you have
the
> trusted roots installed where the service account can get to them? If it
> goes through a proxy server, are you sure the service account has that
proxy
> configuration?
>
> I'd check those assumptions first. It is a generally good idea to put
some
> robust instrumentation in any kind of service process though unless you
plan
> to handle these issues by attaching a debugger to it in production.
>
> Joe K.
>
> "Eliyahu Goldin" <removemeegoldin@monarchmed.com> wrote in message
> news:OCWmaJt4EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > When started from command line, the application makes an http request,
> > gets
> > a response and writes it to a file. When started from a windows service,
> > no
> > file is created. I might have to add some tracing to the application and
> > see
> > if an exception is generated. In meantime I am just wondering if there
> > are
> > any known security issues.
> >
> > Thank you for answering,
> >
> > Eliyahu
> >
> > "Nicole Calinoiu" <calinoiu REMOVETHIS AT gmail DOT com> wrote in
message
> > news:eRwMyKs4EHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> What do you mean by "[it] doesn't seem to work when I start it from a
> >> windows service"? Are receiving a particular exception? If so, could
> >> you
> >> please provide the full exception details as retrieved from a call to
its
> >> ToString() method?
> >>
> >>
> >> "Eliyahu Goldin" <removemeegoldin@monarchmed.com> wrote in message
> >> news:uR1zGgr4EHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> > What security issues shall I care about when sending http requests
from
> > a
> >> > windows service? I have a console program that works fine if I start
it
> >> > from
> >> > command line and doesn't seem to work when I start it from a windows
> >> > service. I am using HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse classes.
> >> >
> >> > Eliyahu
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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