The URL security zones API enables developers to manage URL security zones and create custom URL security zone managers.

This section contains reference articles that are available for URL security zones.

Objects

Internet Security Manager

The Internet Security Manager is an object that manages security in Windows Internet Explorer and WebBrowser applications by determining in which security zone a particular URL belongs and which actions Web pages in that zone can perform.

Internet Zone Manager

The Internet Zone Manager is an object that manages zones.

Persistent Zone Identifier

The Persistent Zone Identifier object enables access to zone information that is persisted with local files. The Attachment Execution Services (see IAttachmentExecute) set the zone information, which the Internet Security Manager Object (see IInternetSecurityManager) consumes. Use IPersistFile to attach the object to the target file and IZoneIdentifier to examine or to manipulate the zone ID.

Interfaces

IInternetHostSecurityManager

Provides methods for components to use to manage security.

IInternetSecurityManager

Enables client applications to determine the security of the browser components.

IInternetSecurityManagerEx

Extends the IInternetSecurityManager interface.

IInternetSecurityManagerEx2

Exposes methods that enable client applications to determine the security of the browser components.

IInternetSecurityMgrSite

Exposes methods that enable components to manage the user interface of the security manager.

IInternetZoneManager

Exposes methods that are used by a host to control the security zone infrastructure.

IInternetZoneManagerEx

Extends the IInternetZoneManager interface.

IInternetZoneManagerEx2

Extends the IInternetZoneManagerEx interface.

IZoneIdentifier

Provides methods for getting and setting the security zone for a file.

Functions

CoInternetCreateSecurityManager

Creates an IInternetSecurityManager interface.

CoInternetCreateZoneManager

Creates an IInternetZoneManager interface.

CoInternetGetSecurityUrl

Gets the security URL for the specified URL.

CoInternetGetSecurityUrlEx

Gets the security URL for the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) in the specified IUri.

CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled

Determines whether the specified feature control is enabled.

CoInternetIsFeatureEnabledForIUri

Determines whether the specified feature control is enabled for the security zone of the specified IUri.

CoInternetIsFeatureEnabledForUrl

Determines whether the specified feature control is enabled for the security zone of the specified URL.

CoInternetIsFeatureZoneElevationEnabled

Determines the URL policy for URLACTION_FEATURE_ZONE_ELEVATION for the specified URL. When the policy is URLPOLICY_QUERY, this function displays a dialog that allows the user to decide whether to allow the zone elevation.

CoInternetSetFeatureEnabled

Enables or disables a specified feature control.

Structures

ZONEATTRIBUTES

Contains the attributes of a particular zone.

Enumerations

INTERNETFEATURELIST

Contains the Feature Controls for Internet Explorer.

PSUACTION

Contains the flags passed into the CoInternetGetSecurityUrl function.

PUAF

Contains the flags passed into the IInternetSecurityManager::ProcessUrlAction method.

PUAFOUT

Contains the flags passed out of the IInternetSecurityManagerEx::ProcessUrlActionEx method.

SZM_FLAGS

Contains the flag values used for creating and enumerating security zone mappings.

URLTEMPLATE

Contains the security level templates.

URLZONE

Contains all the predefined zones used by Internet Explorer.

URLZONEREG

Contains the registry location values.

ZAFLAGS

Contains the zone attribute flags.

Constants

MapUrlToZone Flags

Values that control the action of IInternetSecurityManager::MapUrlToZone and IInternetSecurityManagerEx2::MapUrlToZoneEx2.

URL Action Flags

The following list contains values associated with the actions that can be taken in a URL security zone. The possible URL policy values for each of the listed URL action flags can be found in About URL Security Zones.

URL Policy Flags

The following list contains the values associated with the policies used with the URL action flags.