BasicHttpBinding in WCF

The basicHttpBinding binding offers support for Web service communication based on the WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 (WS-BP 1.1) specification. This includes standards such as SOAP 1.1, WSDL 1.1, and Message Security 1.0. This type of communication called web service communication.

Address format: http://{hostname}/{service location} and https://{hostname}/{service location}
Default port number:80 for http and 443 for https

basicHttpBinding Client Configuration

<client>

<endpoint address="http://localhost/Service1.svc" binding=" basicHttpBinding " contract="ServiceReference1.IService1"></endpoint>

</client>

It supports the following:

·         HTTPS transport security.

·         HTTP basic authentication.

·         WS-Security.