Web Service in asp.net

Hi I am new to webservice in .net. My questions is do we really require to have the SSL for accessing web methods visible to me开发者_开发知识库.

and if require, where it should be on my side or on cliet side who is providing me webmethods?

Thanks

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SSL is not required.

Also, you should be using WCF for all new development.

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SSL is not required. I use ASHX to create a generic handler. I find that it is a lot more flexible because you can pass in querystring quite easily