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Host DKE on IIS, using an on-premises server

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Oct 23, 2020
This blog post is intended to show how to publish Double Key Encrytion (DKE) reference implementation in an on-premises Windows Server with IIS – keeping full control over the key and the service. ...
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If the DKE service is unavailable, clients may not be able to open DKE protected content. It's suggested to host multiple instances of IIS and put a hardware load balancer in front of these instances. Since the DKE service is stateless, session affinity is not a concern.