.NET Remoting SSL requirement

Question

I need to implement a remoting server in .NET C# and have the following requirements/restrictions for various reasons:

• Use .NET remoting and NOT WCF
• NOT hosted in IIS

There is no restriction on the version of .NET framework though (can be 3.5 if need be).

BUT: The server needs to be serving using HTTPS. I know I can do .NET remoting outside IIS with HTTP but how can I do HTTPS with the above requirements?

UPDATE: To clarify the requirements a bit further, I need to use SSL over any protocol for security reasons and port serve over port 80 for firewall reasons. I also need the protocol to be HTTPS so the deep inspection of packets on the firewall doesn't block the traffic. So using non-HTTP on port 80 is not quite the answer.

Answer 1

To leverage .Net remoting IIS is not mandatory, over config file (or even programmaticaly ) you can specify tcp:// to start listen/response over any IP port. In this case you just need to resolve issue how server will available for clients.

• Create windows service
• create console with infinite loop to handle incoming request.

IIS in case of remoting just works as service to host your dll, that is why you can replace it.

Answer 2

Why not just use a TCP channel? Or if on the same machine IPC.

Answer 3

I found the solution here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300447.aspx