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spender
spender

Reputation: 120390

WCF named pipes: Across network? Really?

Many people seem to think this it is possible, yet clearly in this document the boundary is stated as inter-process which to my mind means "no network".

Another document is completely unambiguous:

The named pipe transport has very little reach; it can only connect to services running on the same machine

So why are so many posters here saying it can work?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 4522

Answers (2)

Francis B.
Francis B.

Reputation: 7208

I think you need to make a distinction between Named Pipe and WCF binding implementation NETNamedPipeBinding.

The NetNamedPipeBinding is a predefined binding for WCF for on-machine communication.

Provides a secure and reliable binding that is optimized for on-machine communication.

But if you check the MSDN documentation about Named Pipes, you can see that it is possible to setup a named pipe across network.

Named pipes can be used to provide communication between processes on the same computer or between processes on different computers across a network

Upvotes: 13

John Saunders
John Saunders

Reputation: 161773

In general, named pipes work across the network. However, using named pipes with WCF, you're restricted to on-machine communications. That's why your first and last links are both correct.

Upvotes: 6

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