Windows Media Technologies Security (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

Windows Media technologies should be used with caution in environments that require high security.

Windows Media technologies do not feature the intimate interaction with system hardware commonly found in other multimedia Catalog items, so they do not involve the same types of security concerns.

Instead, the Windows Media technologies can introduce vulnerabilities to a run-time image through interaction with other software outside the control of the OS developer or applications programmer.

Windows Media technologies are built on top of DirectShow and are therefore susceptible to all of the same security issues. For more information, see DirectShow Security.

As is the case when using any multimedia Catalog items built to support specific media types, always make sure that you are reading data from a trusted source.

Also, make sure that you understand the full security implications inherent to the media type that you are supporting, such as the ability for .asf files to contain scripts.

See Also

Concepts

Windows Media Technologies Registry Settings

Other Resources

Windows Media Technologies
DirectShow Security
Enhancing the Security of a Device