Questions tagged [netnamedpipebinding]
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What is the maximum size that maxReceivedMessageSize can be set to for a NetNamedPipeBinding?
I noticed that 2147483647 seems to be a popular choice for maxReceivedMessageSize but is this the limit?

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is NetNamedPipeBinding safe?
I would like to know if netNamedPipeBinding is considered safe:
On one hand NetNamedPipeBinding implements security only on the transport Layer and it uses NTLM (source) that is no longer recommended by Microsoft (source)
On the other hand the Named…

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Named pipe not found when using WCF netNamedPipeBinding
I am the developer of a WCF service. My test clients work very well with it. But when it comes to real clients (using the same client proxy), it fails. The same WCF service works with netTcpBinding, this error occurs only with netNamedPipeBinding,…

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Expose a WCF Service through a Named Pipes binding
Intro:
I successfully implemented a WCF Service hosted in a Windows Service a few days ago. The community here at StackOverflow helped me with the WSDL exposure here. I thank you once again. However recently I found out that there is another…

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WCF Multiple Apps using NetNamedPipe
I am trying to run multiple WCF Service hosting apps on the same Machine.
I want to run multiple Applications - not multiple services in one application.
var host = new ServiceHost(typeof(MyClass1), new Uri[] { new Uri("net.pipe://localhost")…

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How do I troubleshoot PipeExceptions and CommunicationExceptions in WCF?
I have an application consisting of several WCF services, some of which are implemented in Workflow Foundation (.NET 3.5), others just plain C#. These services communicate with each other over a netNamedPipeBinding for performance reasons. The…

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Connecting via named pipe from windows service (session#0) to desktop app (session #1)
Given:
- the application - desktop GUI (WPF) .NET app
- windows service watching for application (.NET also)
The windows service periodically "pings" application to get sure it's healthy (and if it's not winservice will restart it).
I was going…

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Securing the named pipe used by WCF
am newbie to both WCF and Named pipes.
I need a way to securely communicate between a UI application and Windows Service on the same machine. Here's what I need:
- Client UI application needs to send (push) various message types to the Windows…

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Setting SPN on endpointaddress for NetNamedPipe service endpoint
I'm getting the "There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://localhost" error as described in other places but I cannot seem to find a real answer.
This is a great identifier of the problem:
http://kennyw.com/indigo/102
When using WCF, Windows…

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WCF Named Pipe IPC
I have been trying to get up to speed on Named Pipes this week. The task I am trying to solve with them is that I have an existing windows service that is acting as a device driver that funnels data from an external device into a database. Now I…

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Getting EndpointNotFoundException with NetNamedPipeBinding in C#; Need To Create Global Named Pipe
I am running a windows service to which I send messages over a NetNamedPipeBinding. The messages are send from a client application which is triggered by a GPO. I just installed the service and client on a new server and I'm getting the following…

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How to host net named pipe binding enabled wcf application in iis?
I have a following configuration in my wcf service
can…

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WCF with netNamedPipeBinding bad performance
I'm using a WCF service with netNamedPipeBinding to transfer a large amount of data (very long list of objects) to the client (which is on the same machine, off course).
The problem is that it takes around 20 seconds for the entire call to transfer…

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How can I communicate with WCF from Delphi using Named Pipes Binding
Can I use Delphi 2007 to communicate with a WCF service using the netnamedpipebinding ?
If so, then how?

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Internal communication between a service and multiple user applications WCF C#
I'm currently working on a project in c# where I have a service running as LocalSystem, and a user application (tray app) running for each logged on user.
I need to have communications between the two.
Initially I've set up an endpoint using…

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