RESTful WCF security/authentication and jQuery AJAX calls

I am fairly new WCF and fast discovering what a massive framework it is! It's quite overwhelming when you're trying to figure out what I thought to be a simple concept.

I am trying to create a set of services, some of which are available to public, and others should require authentication. The latter include things related to user accounts, eg. my items, my profile config, etc. I am also trying to create them as RESTful services that can be consumed by jQuery AJAX calls.

I managed to create simple RESTful services with GET methods but I can't imagine creating POST ones being much more complicated. The biggest issue now is how do I create authentication-required services? I am using webHttpBinding, and not sure if that is the best.

This is all getting a little overwhelming with just about every Google searc开发者_Python百科h result pointing in different directions. It would be greatly appreciated if someone can point me in the right direction. What do I need to do this, both from the WCF service side, and making the calls from jQuery?

I'm sure I have been somewhat waffly, mainly because I'm still groping for some concepts. Please bear with me and I will expand my question as necessary.

Thanks, Dany.

I am about to try this solution WCF, RESTful Web Services and custom authentication. I'm hoping someone will jump in with other suggestions if there are better ideas.