Microsoft Windows
Communication Foundation comes with a set of built-in bindings and each
binding is designed to fulfill some specific need. So, if interoperability is
our concern and we need to communicate with non-WCF system, then, we should go
for basicHttpBinding or wsHttpBinding. Although these two bindings can work with WCF specific systems as well. But there are many differences between
the two bindings.
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Following table explains the difference between
BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding.
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BasicHttpBinding
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WsHttpBinding
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1
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Primarily BasicHttpBinding is designed to exchange SOAP
over HTTP(s) only, just like old ASMX or .net web services and supports the
WS-I BasicProfile.
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WsHttpBinding supports the advanced WS-* specification
which includes WS-Addressing and WS-Security etc.
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2
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It has higher level of interoperability with existing
services and clients.
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Due to more advanced messaging scenarios, it has reduced
support for wider range of older clients.
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3
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BasicHttpBinding is based on SOAP 1.1 specification.
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WsHttpBinding supports SOAP 1.2 specification.
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4
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No support for reliable Messaging.
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Supports for reliable messaging.
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5
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No support for transactions.
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It supports atomic and distributed transactions.
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6
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It has fewer security options. Or we can say, there is no
security provided, by default, for BasicHttpBinding.
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Because WsHttpBinding supports advanced WS-* specification,
it has a lot more security options available. For example, It provides
message-level security i.e. message is not sent in plain text. Also it
supports for WS-Trust and WS-Secure conversation.
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7
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At transport level, it provides support for confidentiality
through SSL.
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It supports for both Transport as well as Message level
security.
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8
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BasicHttpBinding is a bit faster because security is
disabled by default.
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As it supports advanced security options and its enabled by
default, so it’s a bit slower than BasicHttpBinding.
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