Smartphone Developer Forum - Windows Smartphone Security Prompt

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Windows Smartphone Security Prompt

Michael Lang

2006-03-14, 3:57 am

When you excute an application that is not signed with a trusted certificate
on a Smartphone with security and receive the standard security prompt... If
the user answers yes to continue loading the assembly does the app run with
full access to the API as it would if it were signed with a trusted
certificate, or can it still be restricted and run into runtime errors when
attempting to access privileged API ?

Thanks in advance

Michael

Peter Foot [MVP]

2006-03-15, 7:58 am

There are different ways the security can be setup on a Smartphone device by
the OEM/Operator. If the device has 2 tier security with prompting, the app
will run with unprivileged access if the user accepts the prompt. This means
that certain APIs cannot be used - only if the app is signed with a
privileged certificate. A table is available here which shows hoe the main
operators configure their devices:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/...ps/default.aspx
Some information on the security model can be found here:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ne_security.asp

Peter

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Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
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"Michael Lang" <mickNOSPAMTHANKSblang@htomail.com> wrote in message
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> When you excute an application that is not signed with a trusted
> certificate on a Smartphone with security and receive the standard
> security prompt... If the user answers yes to continue loading the
> assembly does the app run with full access to the API as it would if it
> were signed with a trusted certificate, or can it still be restricted and
> run into runtime errors when attempting to access privileged API ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Michael
>

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