The common language runtime and the .NET Framework provide many useful classes and services that enable developers to easily write security code. These classes and services also enable system administrators to customize the access that code has to protected resources. In addition, the runtime and the .NET Framework provide useful classes and services that facilitate the use of cryptography and role-based security.
Describes some of the best practices for administrating code access security policy. This section is of interest to system administrators who manage .NET Framework applications.
Describes the managed classes that allow you to programmatically create or modify discretionary access control lists (DACLs) and system access control lists (SACLs) for a number of protected resources such as files, folders, and so on. This section is of interest to developers.
Describes the System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs namespace that contains the managed code implementation of the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and Public-Key Cryptography Standards #7 (PKCS #7). This section is of interest to developers.
Explains how to use the System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs namespace to program the CMS and PKCS #7 standards into your application. This section is of interest to developers.
Describes how to configure security policy using the .NET Framework Configuration tool and the Code Access Security Policy tool, and how to import security components using XML files.