The simple version of my question is this: how can you (or can you) set security so that a privileged assembly can only be called by a specific strong named assembly? I got hopeful when I found out about the strong name condition for a code group in cas, but now it seems like all you can do ...more >>

Hi, Can someone clarify the difference between the FullTrust and the Everything permission sets? I know that a FullTrust assembly will not undergo permission checking, but why give an assembly Everything permissions, when you could omit checking altogether with the FullTrust set? Thanks,...more >>

I've developed a small console application that gathers systeminformation about the machine. I can run this from a shared network drive, and it works fine. But when i implement 2 more functions that writes a key to the registry and creates a desktop icon on the machine that runs the app, i get...more >>

Hi there, I am usign System.IO.File.Exists in my ASP.NET code to determine if a file exists in the specified location. The webserver is my local machine, which is a part of the corporate domain. The file the existence of which I am trying to determine is sitting in the shared folder of the ...more >>

I am sure this is simple, but I can't find any documentation on using FORM Authentication and creating an account info recovery page that will not automatically redirect to the login page... In other words. 1. User Can't remember password or user name. 2. They click link on login page ...more >>

I'm working in a IIS5.0 IE5 ASP.NET1.1 enviroment. I need delegarion, I have read that this should be posible using Kerbros. But how can I get Kerbros to work and how can I test it? Currently I've got code that does the following: System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity winId = System.Se...more >>

the 'Access is denied' err in Q is referencing a file in: C:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\Config\machine.config Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error det...more >>

Hi, I have many questions. 1. I need to create a Hash value of a String. Does anybody has a function? I am havin troubles doing my own function, because i fail converting a Byte() to a String. 2. What is the most security algorithm? MD5, SHA1, SHA512?? 3. What is the difference bettewn...more >>

Hello I have gathered some code for changing a windows users password, but I need a bit more info. I want to change the password on several Winsows 2003 Server machines. None of them are in a domain. It appears that the WinNT directory services provider does not work on Windows 2003 Serv...more >>

Hi all, I have a VC++ v7 Windows C++ application (i.e. not C#) which is accessing a webservice via https. The directory is configured through IIS to require a client certificate. This web reference was added and the SOAP code auto-generated. While I have had no problem creating a C# appli...more >>

We have been using the managed class SHA512 for some time. Now we would like to transfer all of the hash values generated by this algorithm to a non-.NET environment (LDAP). Are there any gottchas that I should be aware of? Thank you. Kevin...more >>

how to detect who redirects traffic to a aspx page? is this info passed along in request object or can sites anonymously redirect traffic to other sites? ...more >>

seems that both provide similar encryption methods, i.e DES£¬RC2,TripleDes my question is that why every .net encryption class has a initial vector,and capicom does not need this parameter. also, data encrypted by capicom cannot decrpyted by .net component under system.security.cryptograph...more >>