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

[Jeffrey Altman]

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.


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