DataProtectionPermissionFlags Enumeration
Specifies the access permissions for encrypting data and memory.
This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.
Namespace: System.Security.PermissionsAssembly: System.Security (in System.Security.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
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| AllFlags | The ability to encrypt data, encrypt memory, unencrypt data, and unencrypt memory. | |
| NoFlags | No protection abilities. | |
| ProtectData | The ability to encrypt data. | |
| ProtectMemory | The ability to encrypt memory. | |
| UnprotectData | The ability to unencrypt data. | |
| UnprotectMemory | The ability to unencrypt memory. |
This enumeration is used by the DataProtectionPermission and DataProtectionPermissionAttribute classes to protect access to encrypted data and memory using the ProtectedData and ProtectedMemory classes.
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Many of these flags can have powerful effects and should be granted only to highly trusted code. |
The following code example shows the use of the DataProtectionPermissionFlags enumeration. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the DataProtectionPermission class.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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