I didn't notice a @PortComponent annotation, like: | @PortComponent(authMethod="BASIC", urlPattern="/contextHere/athenaserver",transportGuarantee="CONFIDENTIAL") | Also, I'm guessing you are using the Tomcat that comes with 4.0.5.GA? If so, you should also remember to set the restrictedUserAgents attribute on the connector: | <Connector port="443" address="${jboss.bind.address}" | maxThreads="100" strategy="ms" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" | emptySessionPath="true" | scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false" | keystoreFile="${jboss.server.home.dir}/conf/keystore_tiger" | keystorePass="--" sslProtocol = "TLS" | restrictedUserAgents="^.*MS Web Services Client Protocol.*$"/> | I'm not a VB expert so I cannot comment on that. I've used the express edition to test my secure Web services and things work just fine. I have something like: | Dim proxy As New HelloWorldWs.HelloWorldService | | Try | proxy.PreAuthenticate = True | proxy.Credentials = New NetworkCredential("colin1", "myPass") | | Dim result As String | result = proxy.echoString("J", "Scott") | MsgBox(result) | Catch ex As Exception | | MsgBox(ex.Message) | | End Try | | Hope this helps spark some thoughts to discover your problem. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3990866#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...