No WS-* support forces the use of SSL
After trying everything possible to find a way to encrypt data on the mobile device in the same fashion WSE allows for desktop smart clients to encrypt data and avoid SSL, I can not find a solution solid enough to use.
We will move forward and test using SSL. If it is found to hinder performance to an unacceptable degree, we will return to investigating alternatives.
OpenNETCF SDF (Smart Device Framework) 2.0 is very far off from being a solution. They are missing 50% of the classes need to accomplish what they did with their SDF 1.4 in relation to WSE 2.0. By the time we get around to testing they may be further along.
Microsoft's CF team provided no guidance that was acceptable. If they didn't point to OpenNETCF, they pointed to home brewed samples that do not meet the level of quality we are trying to obtain. In short this response I got from one of the team members sums it up "We're working on the right level of WS-* support. Sadly, it didn't get done for V2."
Using the CryptoAPI would get very complex when it comes to complex types. Although CF 2.0 adds more support for Cryptography, it is still not ideal for what we are trying to accomplish.
It sad that we will have to remove WSE from our architecture and depend solely on SSL to encrypted data. After all the work that went into WSE it is beyond me why the WS-* support was completely over looked on the Mobile 5.0 platform and Compact Framework 2.0.
We will move forward and test using SSL. If it is found to hinder performance to an unacceptable degree, we will return to investigating alternatives.
OpenNETCF SDF (Smart Device Framework) 2.0 is very far off from being a solution. They are missing 50% of the classes need to accomplish what they did with their SDF 1.4 in relation to WSE 2.0. By the time we get around to testing they may be further along.
Microsoft's CF team provided no guidance that was acceptable. If they didn't point to OpenNETCF, they pointed to home brewed samples that do not meet the level of quality we are trying to obtain. In short this response I got from one of the team members sums it up "We're working on the right level of WS-* support. Sadly, it didn't get done for V2."
Using the CryptoAPI would get very complex when it comes to complex types. Although CF 2.0 adds more support for Cryptography, it is still not ideal for what we are trying to accomplish.
It sad that we will have to remove WSE from our architecture and depend solely on SSL to encrypted data. After all the work that went into WSE it is beyond me why the WS-* support was completely over looked on the Mobile 5.0 platform and Compact Framework 2.0.
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