Microsoft® .NET Distributed Applications: Integrating XML Web Services and .NET Remoting

Future Directions

The current solution meets all the requirements of the problem analysis. It allows disconnected clients to create orders and coordinates the workflow so that orders can be filled mere moments after they’ve been received. However, a number of additional features can be added to this basic infrastructure.

Adding Security

You might want to add increased security or a ticket-based authentication system, such as the one presented in the next chapter. This authentication code might make use of the customer GUID, which is present in the Customers database but isn’t used.

Currently, the XML Web service takes one important precaution: it applies the current pricing to all submitted orders to prevent malicious clients from purchasing items ...