title: RESTful WCF security/authentication and jQuery AJAX calls
body: <p>I am fairly new WCF and fast discovering what a massive framework it is! It's quite overwhelming when you're trying to figure out what I thought to be a simple concept.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to create a set of services, some of which are available to public, and others should require authentication. The latter include things related to user accounts, eg. my items, my profile config, etc. I am also trying to create them as RESTful services that can be consumed by jQuery AJAX calls.</p>
  
  <p>I managed to create simple RESTful services with GET methods but I can't imagine creating POST ones being much more complicated. The biggest issue now is how do I create authentication-required services? I am using webHttpBinding, and not sure if that is the best.</p>
  
  <p>This is all getting a little overwhelming with just about every Google search result pointing in different directions. It would be greatly appreciated if someone can point me in the right direction. What do I need to do this, both from the WCF service side, and making the calls from jQuery?</p>
  
  <p>I'm sure I have been somewhat waffly, mainly because I'm still groping for some concepts. Please bear with me and I will expand my question as necessary.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Dany.</p>