Proposal to use Windows Side-by-side Assemblies for KFW distribution

[RJ Silk]

Hi Jeff,

I’m working on integrating/testing the merge module configurations with 
the build scripts Kevin was working on before he left. I’ve successfully 
built and installed the single-assembly (for testing) merge module 
described in your proposal, but I’m having a little trouble figuring out 
how I should go about modifying the CCAPI code to execute the credential 
cache server from the SxS assembly cache. In my testing, it doesn’t seem 
like CreateProcess(Ex) can resolve SxS executables (even when they 
reside in the same SxS assembly), and Microsoft says SxS assemblies 
should not be manually invoked by full path. Were you able to 
successfully load the server from the cache in your testing? Did you 
envision having a copy of the Krbcc32s executable sitting outside of the 
cache as well?

Thank you!
-Robert

Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> Asanka Herath of Secure Endpoints has spent the last couple of months 
> developing and prototyping a proposal to use Windows Side-by-Side 
> Assemblies and Merge Modules as a means of distributing the core KFW 
> libraries. The goal is to permit the core libraries to be installed 
> along side third party applications that link to them in exactly the 
> same way that the applications distribute redistributable components 
> from Microsoft.
>
> The proposal can be obtained at
>
> http://www.secure-endpoints.com/kfw/proposal-kfw-assemblies.html
>
> Please note that this proposal will require changes to the core 
> libraries to permit multiple versions of the libraries to be installed 
> on the same machine at the same time. If adopted, all distributions of 
> the KFW libraries will have to be digitally signed, the minimum 
> supported development platform would be Visual Studio 2005, and the 
> minimum supported operating system version would be Windows XP.
>
> Feedback is welcome.
>
> Jeffrey Altman
> Secure Endpoints Inc.
>
>