Security in XAML

Just as with any other .NET technology, XAML addresses security issues to help ensure that your hard work does not go down the drain because of security loopholes.

Any XAML source that your application did not specifically create or render is categorized as untrusted XAML. However, XAML compiled into or stored as a resx-type resource within a trusted and signed assembly can be trusted based on the trust level of the assembly. You should typically treat untrusted XAML as if it were untrusted code.

Through XAML, you work with objects, type converters, assemblies in the application domain, and so on. XAML is also popular for rendering UIs in technologies such as WPF and Silverlight. To secure Silverlight-based applications against ...

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