>> but am I also >> right in the assumption, that their design makes them virtually unusable >> on any non-windows machine, > > No. Fx 2.0 makes it possible to load a PKCS#12 file, that includes a > certificate and a private key, and the use it with the new APIs. > > So it's not a framework-design problem anymore (like before fx 2.0) but > it's still an application-design problem (in most cases). > >> unless you know the details of the private >> key? > > No sure if I understand your meaning. Windows tends to "hide" the > private keys (in it's stores) from the users. However there's nothing > you can do, with them, unless you know their "details" (i.e. at least > how to access or use, not necessarily read, it). >
What I mean is, that it obviously only works with software keys but not with hardware tokens (which can be used via an overloaded AsymetricAlgorithm class in SignedXml). cheers Mathias _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
