Basic Authentication: Call Java Web Service from C#

protected override System.Net.WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri uri){
System.Net.WebRequest request = base.GetWebRequest (uri);
string username = "Test";
string password = "Test";
string auth = username + ":" + password;
byte[] binaryData = new Byte[auth.Length];
binaryData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(auth);auth = Convert.ToBase64String(binaryData);
auth = "Basic " + auth;
request.Headers["AUTHORIZATION"] = auth;
return request;
}

ref: Yelei's Blog