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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Office System Project with C#
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In order to run Excel 2003 - Office System Project with C#. All assemblies (.DLL) use by the project must be set to full trust. To do it manually, you right click on .NET Configuration 1.1--Runtime Security Policy and select "Trust an Assembly". How can I automate this process? Thanks, John Yung |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Office
Security policies and such (normally) can not be manipulted in code. If you
could then it would defeat the purpose of the security. A virus would just change the settings and then do it's damage... -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Hi, In order to run Excel 2003 - Office System Project with C#. All assemblies (.DLL) use by the project must be set to full trust. To do it manually, you right click on .NET Configuration 1.1--Runtime Security Policy and select "Trust an Assembly". How can I automate this process? Thanks, John Yung |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Office
Jim,
The ability to change security policy through code does not defeat the purpose of the security policy. As long as I have the right to change the policy, it does not matter how I does (via code or manual operation). What do you think happens when I modify the policy manually? Behind the screen, the policy is changed via code. JY "Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message ... Security policies and such (normally) can not be manipulted in code. If you could then it would defeat the purpose of the security. A virus would just change the settings and then do it's damage... -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Hi, In order to run Excel 2003 - Office System Project with C#. All assemblies (.DLL) use by the project must be set to full trust. To do it manually, you right click on .NET Configuration 1.1--Runtime Security Policy and select "Trust an Assembly". How can I automate this process? Thanks, John Yung |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Off
When you change the policy manually you are giving your explicit approval to
change the settings on your machine. The point is that you physically had to make the change and that is fair warning. If you can make the change through code and avoid the interaction with the end user then you remove the element of giving the end user fair warning that making a security change could have consequences. You can not give consent to security policy changes through code (normally). My question back to you is if code is allowed to manipulate security settings then what is the point to the security settings? What exactly are they protecting against? -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Jim, The ability to change security policy through code does not defeat the purpose of the security policy. As long as I have the right to change the policy, it does not matter how I does (via code or manual operation). What do you think happens when I modify the policy manually? Behind the screen, the policy is changed via code. JY "Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message ... Security policies and such (normally) can not be manipulted in code. If you could then it would defeat the purpose of the security. A virus would just change the settings and then do it's damage... -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Hi, In order to run Excel 2003 - Office System Project with C#. All assemblies (.DLL) use by the project must be set to full trust. To do it manually, you right click on .NET Configuration 1.1--Runtime Security Policy and select "Trust an Assembly". How can I automate this process? Thanks, John Yung |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Off
Code Access Security is a concept too complicated to discuss in full
here, but I suggest that you get a book on it and read up. For a quick answer to you question, take a look at the tool "caspol.exe" that comes with visual studio. It alows you to modify security policy on the command line. |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Off
My answers here are all "To the best of my knowledge"... If I missed
something based on a limit there-in then... Sorry. Within the code itself I was and still am unaware of how to go about making the switches to security policy... I was under the impression they were blocked. -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "Nick Hertl" wrote: Code Access Security is a concept too complicated to discuss in full here, but I suggest that you get a book on it and read up. For a quick answer to you question, take a look at the tool "caspol.exe" that comes with visual studio. It alows you to modify security policy on the command line. |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Off
Just to clarify, by automate I was under the impression that John wanted a
custom code solution. I was unaware of CASPOL... -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "Jim Thomlinson" wrote: My answers here are all "To the best of my knowledge"... If I missed something based on a limit there-in then... Sorry. Within the code itself I was and still am unaware of how to go about making the switches to security policy... I was under the impression they were blocked. -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "Nick Hertl" wrote: Code Access Security is a concept too complicated to discuss in full here, but I suggest that you get a book on it and read up. For a quick answer to you question, take a look at the tool "caspol.exe" that comes with visual studio. It alows you to modify security policy on the command line. |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Off
Security policy exists to prevent users from making unauthorized
changes/actions. Thus, if the policy says you have the permission to change it. It does not matter if you are changing it via code or manual operation. John Yung "Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message ... When you change the policy manually you are giving your explicit approval to change the settings on your machine. The point is that you physically had to make the change and that is fair warning. If you can make the change through code and avoid the interaction with the end user then you remove the element of giving the end user fair warning that making a security change could have consequences. You can not give consent to security policy changes through code (normally). My question back to you is if code is allowed to manipulate security settings then what is the point to the security settings? What exactly are they protecting against? -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Jim, The ability to change security policy through code does not defeat the purpose of the security policy. As long as I have the right to change the policy, it does not matter how I does (via code or manual operation). What do you think happens when I modify the policy manually? Behind the screen, the policy is changed via code. JY "Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message ... Security policies and such (normally) can not be manipulted in code. If you could then it would defeat the purpose of the security. A virus would just change the settings and then do it's damage... -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Hi, In order to run Excel 2003 - Office System Project with C#. All assemblies (.DLL) use by the project must be set to full trust. To do it manually, you right click on .NET Configuration 1.1--Runtime Security Policy and select "Trust an Assembly". How can I automate this process? Thanks, John Yung |
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How to create a script to trust an assembly - Excel 2003 - Off
Actually, I had found the solution (ex: caspol.exe -pp off -af foo.dll would
grant foo.dll full trust) yesterday. But, thanks Nick. John Yung "John Yung" wrote in message ... Security policy exists to prevent users from making unauthorized changes/actions. Thus, if the policy says you have the permission to change it. It does not matter if you are changing it via code or manual operation. John Yung "Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message ... When you change the policy manually you are giving your explicit approval to change the settings on your machine. The point is that you physically had to make the change and that is fair warning. If you can make the change through code and avoid the interaction with the end user then you remove the element of giving the end user fair warning that making a security change could have consequences. You can not give consent to security policy changes through code (normally). My question back to you is if code is allowed to manipulate security settings then what is the point to the security settings? What exactly are they protecting against? -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Jim, The ability to change security policy through code does not defeat the purpose of the security policy. As long as I have the right to change the policy, it does not matter how I does (via code or manual operation). What do you think happens when I modify the policy manually? Behind the screen, the policy is changed via code. JY "Jim Thomlinson" wrote in message ... Security policies and such (normally) can not be manipulted in code. If you could then it would defeat the purpose of the security. A virus would just change the settings and then do it's damage... -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "John Yung" wrote: Hi, In order to run Excel 2003 - Office System Project with C#. All assemblies (.DLL) use by the project must be set to full trust. To do it manually, you right click on .NET Configuration 1.1--Runtime Security Policy and select "Trust an Assembly". How can I automate this process? Thanks, John Yung |
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