Question about authentication

Hello :).

I have a web application running under .NET 1.1 and Reporting Services 2005. What I need is to display reports in my app.

Here I have two problems:

1. SSRS uses web service as a data source (it is in my application). Access to the service should be permitted only for known (and logged in) users.

2. Access to SSRS should be permitted only for known (and logged in) users.

So, what is the best approach to integrate Reporting Services and my application according to the security limitations?

Any advise on this subject is more than welcome :)

Thank you.

You have basically two options - trusted account and custom security. See this article for more info. I am curious to know how SSRS uses a web service as a data source. Did you write a custom data extension?|||

Teo, thank you very much for your great articles and reply. They were very helpful for me.

Talking about web service as a data source I mean simple XML data source. I.e. DataProvider is 'XML', and connection string refers to the web service. So, I didn't write any custom data extension, as it was already written in the SSRS 2005 :).

Sorry if original post was unclear (maybe it's because I'm really novice in the Reporting Services :) ).