title: ASMX web service with digest auth and validate user credentials against db
body: <p>i heard when we use digest auth then iis validate user credential again windows active directory. suppose when we design web service for external client then there would be no credential will be there in our windows active directory. people would suggest me to use web service with custom auth like using soap header but the problem is with soap header user credentials travel as plain text from client to service end which i do not want and for digest auth user credentials travel as MD5 hash which is bit secured.</p>
  
  <p>so any way exist to use digest auth but credentials will be validated against db store which i will do ?</p>
  
  <p>please redirect me to right direction and if possible guide me with code.
  thanks</p>