Locking Down A Mobile Computer - Motorola MC67 Integrator Manual

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mode. This means that only applications signed with a certificate from the Privileged Execution Trust
Certificate Store can run.
To support the broadest number of deployments, third-party software developers should perform the following
when releasing software for a Windows Mobile 6 devices:
Sign all their EXEs & DLLs with their private key
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Provide the corresponding public certificate to end-users so that it can be installed into Privileged
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Execution Trust Certificate Store.
If the software is installed via a .CAB file, developer should also:
Sign the .CAB file with their private key
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Provide the corresponding public certificate to end-users so that it can be installed into SPC Certificate
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Store.

Locking Down a Mobile Computer

Like most configuration options in Windows Mobile, security settings are set via XML provisioning. For
example, to enforce the "trusted" model and only allow applications signed with a privileged certificate to run,
use the following provisioning document:
<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="SecurityPolicy">
<!-- Disallow unsigned apps -->
<parm name= "4102" value= "0"/>
<!-- No Prompt -->
<parm name= "4122" value= "1"/>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>
For more information on various security options, refer to the Security Policy Settings topic in the latest
Windows Mobile documentation.