Ensuring data is encrypted
In Silverlight, you'll typically work service oriented through WCF services, REST services, and so on. However, this implies that your data is sent over the wire in an unencrypted format. This is not much of a problem in most controlled environments. But what if the data is sent through an uncontrolled environment (for example the internet)? It could be easily intercepted by someone with bad intentions. While that's bad when you're sending confidential data, it's even worse when your message header includes a username/password combination.
In this recipe, you'll learn how to make sure that the data sent over the wire is encrypted using Secure Socket Layer communication (SSL).
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