I read one article at CodeProject (www.CodeProject.com) where the author was
telling how even Strong Named assemblies can be tampered with, by using the
IL code (generated from ILDASM). So, is Strong Naming really tamper-proof?

I would like to store my connection string encrypted in a xml file, but I
have some problems figuring out the encryption. I have tried some different
examples but there is always a key involved which have to be stored as plain
text in my code. That does not seem very secure to ...

I'm trying to use a password protected Access database with VB.NET.  I've
looked in the knowledgebase articles and none of them work for me.  I keep
getting the "Cannot start your application. The workgroup information file is
missing or opened exclusively by another user." error ...

If strong name keys are so easily broken as shown in this article:
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/NeCoder03.asp
Is there really no security possible with .net assemblies in the end?
Anyone could modify any .net based application if they have access to the

I'm trying to work out a minimum permission set that my app (several
separate assemblies) needs. I'd like to be a good .net citizen by not
requesting more permissions than I need, so I'm using the approach I
found on the web an in this group to start with

I am trying to export (use) a private key from the certificate store to sign
a
hash. But I am getting the error:
Export of private parameters is not supported

I am decrypting using RSACyptoServiceProvider with a 1024 bit key and OAEP
padding set to false.  I load the RSA key in from an XML string (originally
from a machine key store container) that is pass to this method.  It works
fine on WinXP, but fails on Win98, with a ...

I have a multi-user web application that allows users to log in and use the
features.
As admin I need to have full access to these accounts and all data
contained.  It's not enough that I'm able to browse and delete accounts.

    I am adding a strong name to my assemblies in order to work with Enterprise
Services' Transactions.
    When I add the strong name (with sn.exe -k), my compile time for a Rebuild
goes from 15 seconds to 3 minutes. This is for 1 solution with 11 projects.

I have a window based application developed using C#.  In this application i
am using the file operation to check whether the file is available and
whether it in expected size.  While doing this file operation i am getting
the following error message.  Please some one help me to ...

I am decrypting using RSACyptoServiceProvider with a 128 byte key and OAEP
padding set to false.  I load the RSA key in from an XML string (originally
from a machine key store container). It works fine in WinXP, but fails in
Win98, with a CryptographicException containing the ...

I just had an application ported/rewritten from VFP to .net and in order to
give users access to it in a Terminal Services deployment (in a one server
setting) , ALL USERS MUST BE ADDED TO THE ADMINISTRATORS GROUP!!!!!
My developer told me this is necessary, and is not a big deal. ...

I've been thinking of implementing the following and seek comments pro and
con.
When registering, the user provides an e-mail address and creates a password
phrase question such as "What is your father's middle name?" The user also

I'm Francesco and I write from Italy. we are creating a new web site in
ASP.NET. In our network infrastructure we have a win 2003 domain. This web
site will have a secure zone with two kinds of login groups, User and Admin,
I was thinking to use active directory for the ...

hi, there:
 I was developing a new page for a web part project. My page keeps on
getting security exception whereas other pages in the same project don't. I
set the security level to be WSS_MediumTrust level. I wasn't using any