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I am working on WP7 app that require Push notifications. As per Microsoft requirement, Web-service should be authenticated over TLS. How to setup certificate on my shared hosting so that my webservice will be authenticated for push service.

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This document might help you http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff941099%28v=vs.92%29.aspx. Also, I wanted to clarify that it is not mandatory as you are suggesting above. Paraphrasing: Microsoft recommends that one should send notifications over HTTPS instead of HTTP. Also, this would ok if the service can do with 500 push notifications per subscription per day. Ref:

We recommend setting up an authenticated web service to send your notifications to the Microsoft Push Notification Service, because communication occurs over an HTTPS interface for better security. Authenticated web services do not have a daily limit on the number of push notifications they can send. Unauthenticated web services, on the other hand, are throttled at a rate of 500 push notifications per subscription per day.

Hopefully this helps you out.

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