SecurityAction Enumeration
Specifies the security actions that can be performed using declarative security.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Assert | The calling code can access the resource identified by the current permission object, even if callers higher in the stack have not been granted permission to access the resource (see Using the Assert Method). | |
| Demand | All callers higher in the call stack are required to have been granted the permission specified by the current permission object. | |
| Deny | Obsolete. The ability to access the resource specified by the current permission object is denied to callers, even if they have been granted permission to access it (see Using the Deny Method). | |
| InheritanceDemand | The derived class inheriting the class or overriding a method is required to have been granted the specified permission.. | |
| LinkDemand | The immediate caller is required to have been granted the specified permission. Do not use in the .NET Framework 4. For full trust, use SecurityCriticalAttribute instead; for partial trust, use Demand. | |
| PermitOnly | Only the resources specified by this permission object can be accessed, even if the code has been granted permission to access other resources. | |
| RequestMinimum | Obsolete. The request for the minimum permissions required for code to run. This action can only be used within the scope of the assembly. | |
| RequestOptional | Obsolete. The request for additional permissions that are optional (not required to run). This request implicitly refuses all other permissions not specifically requested. This action can only be used within the scope of the assembly. | |
| RequestRefuse | Obsolete. The request that permissions that might be misused will not be granted to the calling code. This action can only be used within the scope of the assembly. |
The following table describes the time that each security action takes place and the targets that it supports.
Important |
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In the .NET Framework 4, runtime support has been removed for enforcing the Deny, RequestMinimum, RequestOptional, and RequestRefuse permission requests. These requests should not be used in code that is based on .NET Framework 4 or later. For more information about this and other changes, see Security Changes in the .NET Framework. |
You should not useLinkDemand in the .NET Framework 4. Instead, use the SecurityCriticalAttribute to restrict usage to fully trusted applications, or use Demand to restrict partially trusted callers.
Declaration of security action | Time of action | Targets supported |
|---|---|---|
LinkDemand (do not use in the .NET Framework 4) | Just-in-time compilation | Class, method |
InheritanceDemand | Load time | Class, method |
Demand | Run time | Class, method |
Assert | Run time | Class, method |
Deny (obsolete in the .NET Framework 4) | Run time | Class, method |
PermitOnly | Run time | Class, method |
RequestMinimum (obsolete in the .NET Framework 4) | Grant time | Assembly |
RequestOptional (obsolete in the .NET Framework 4) | Grant time | Assembly |
RequestRefuse (obsolete in the .NET Framework 4) | Grant time | Assembly |
For additional information about attribute targets, see Attribute.
This example shows how to notify the CLR that code in called methods has only IsolatedStoragePermission, and also demonstrates how to write and read from isolated storage.
Option Strict On Imports System Imports System.Security.Permissions Imports System.IO.IsolatedStorage Imports System.IO ' Notify the CLR to only grant IsolatedStorageFilePermission to called methods. ' This restricts the called methods to working only with storage files that are isolated ' by user and assembly. <IsolatedStorageFilePermission(SecurityAction.PermitOnly, UsageAllowed:=IsolatedStorageContainment.AssemblyIsolationByUser)> _ Public NotInheritable Class App Shared Sub Main() WriteIsolatedStorage() End Sub 'Main Shared Sub WriteIsolatedStorage() ' Attempt to create a storage file that is isolated by user and assembly. ' IsolatedStorageFilePermission granted to the attribute at the top of this file ' allows CLR to load this assembly and execution of this statement. Dim s As New IsolatedStorageFileStream("AssemblyData", FileMode.Create, IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly()) Try ' Write some data out to the isolated file. Dim sw As New StreamWriter(s) Try sw.Write("This is some test data.") Finally sw.Dispose() End Try Finally s.Dispose() End Try ' Attempt to open the file that was previously created. Dim t As New IsolatedStorageFileStream("AssemblyData", FileMode.Open, IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly()) Try ' Read the data from the file and display it. Dim sr As New StreamReader(t) Try Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine()) Finally sr.Dispose() End Try Finally t.Dispose() End Try End Sub End Class 'App ' This code produces the following output. ' ' Some test data.
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
