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Security for Windows Embedded CE (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

Windows Embedded CE provides technologies to increase the security of your devices or applications.

In This Section

  • Security Overview
    Provides an overview of the security services available in Windows Embedded CE.
  • Security Catalog Items
    Provides descriptions and Sysgen variable information for the Catalog items that appear under the security node in the Platform Builder Catalog.
  • Authentication Services
    Provides information on using authentication technologies in Windows Embedded CE, which include Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) and Security Support Providers (SSPs).
  • Credential Manager
    Provides information on using Credential Manager, which provides storage for cached credentials, and enables the sharing of common credentials.
  • Certificates
    Describes how you can use certificates in Windows Embedded CE to provide enhanced security in communications and how to use the certificates programming elements to use and manage those certificates.
  • Cryptography
    Provides information about how you can use the cryptography functionality to enable application developers to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data.
  • Smart Card
    Provides information about how you can use the Smart Card Resource Manager API and the smart card reader hardware device drivers that make up smart card functionality.
  • Local Authentication Subsystem(LASS)
    Describes the infrastructure known as LASS that will enable application-independent and authentication mechanism-independent user authentication.

See Also

Other Resources

Windows Embedded CE Features