Publisher Class (System.Security.Policy)

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Publisher Class

Provides the Authenticode X.509v3 digital signature of a code assembly as evidence for policy evaluation. This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace: System.Security.Policy
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class Publisher _
    Implements IIdentityPermissionFactory

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Publisher

[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class Publisher : IIdentityPermissionFactory

Visual C++

[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class Publisher sealed : IIdentityPermissionFactory

JScript

public final class Publisher implements IIdentityPermissionFactory

Remarks

The presence of Publisher evidence produces a PublisherIdentityPermission in the grant set. If there is a Demand for PublisherIdentityPermission, the PublisherIdentityPermission that corresponds to the Publisher evidence will be compared with the demanded permission.

Publisher evidence is based on Authenticode X.509v3 signatures.

By default, code access security (CAS) does not check for Publisher evidence. Unless your computer has a custom code group based on the PublisherMembershipCondition class, you can improve performance by bypassing Authenticode signature verification. This is accomplished by configuring the runtime to not provide Publisher evidence for CAS. For more information about how to configure this option and which applications can use it, see the <generatePublisherEvidence> element.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
System.Security.Policy..::.Publisher

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

Publisher Members

System.Security.Policy Namespace

X509Certificate