Securing Communications
The final aspect to securing an application involves securing the transmission of data across the network. This aspect can involve a wide range of issues including using SSL, VPNs, WEP, and custom SOAP extensions.
Secure Sockets Layer
Perhaps the most fundamental way to secure the communication channel between a device and network is the use of SSL over HTTP. Simply put, SSL uses public- and private-key encryption based on the RSA algorithm, along with the use of a digital certificate to encrypt all of the communication between a client and a server.
Fortunately, support for SSL is built into both Pocket PC 2000 and 2002 devices, although to support the more robust 128-bit keys, the Microsoft High Encryption Pack should ...
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