Securing Silverlight Applications

Now that you have created that great next killer Silverlight RIA application – it’s time to think about security.

Security on the Web continues to be a significant concern to consumers and enterprises alike. Security becomes increasingly important as we see the migration of more and more everyday activities onto the Web is driving the explosive growth in applications built on Web development platforms such as Microsoft Silverlight.
In this environment really secure applications are a result of both protection built into development platforms and adoption of secure practices by developers.

Check-out this MSDN Magazine article on Silverlight security and see what it takes to include authentication and authorization in your Silverlight applications.

In addition, this updated document describes how Silverlight protects end-users from attack by malicious web sites, and how to build a secure Silverlight application.

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