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



Feedback is welcome.

Jeffrey Altman
Secure Endpoints Inc.

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.

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