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Please explain different modes of security in WCF? Or Explain the difference between Transport and Message Level Security.

In Windows Communication Foundation, we can configure to use security at different levels a. Transport Level security  means providing security at the transport layer itself. When dealing with security at Transport level, we are concerned about integrity, privacy and authentication of message as it travels along the physical wire. It depends on the binding being used that how WCF makes it secure because most of the bindings have built-in security. Hide     Copy Code < netTcpBinding > < binding name =" netTcpTransportBinding" > < security mode =" Transport" > < Transport clientCredentialType =" Windows" / > < / security > < / binding > < / netTcpBinding > b. Message Level Security  For Tranport level security, we actually ensure the transport that is being used should be secured but in message...