I am writing a webService that is going to be accessed anonymously (I don't
want to "configurable" depend on windows integrated authentication). But I
still want to authenticate the client (or rather the user using the client).
Because of this I want to send the WindowsPrincipal ...

If I have a Windows app that talks to a non SQL server database.  Is it
possible to have it secure?  So that no one can decompile the app modify it
and go after the database.
What do I have to do to make it secure?

Hey all, I have a question about what key lengths are supported by RSA
encryption in .Net (through RSACryptoServiceProvider).  I have checked using
code - something like this:
RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();

I'm working on a no-touch deployed assembly and I would like to be
able to provide clients with an msi to 'trust' my software.
 I was wondering if there was any way to grant an assembly 'Full
Trust' when loaded from a zone other than My Computer (without using

Hey all, how does Microsoft suggest that an organization set the enterprise
policy config file so that none of the common users can change that file?  Do
they suggest restricting the file permissions of the users such that they
cannot modify that file?

I receive ERROR - CTL_E_PERMISSIONDENIED
On line with the following line of code fso.CopyFolder(path, destination,
True)
err detail

Can anyone explain to me the fundamental differences between java and .Net
and what the pros and cons of each are or or point me to a recent resource
which discusses these issues?
Thanks

Hello i'm using this link to test:
http://www.codecta.com.br/rijndael.html
i have a flash applications that sends me CIPHERTEXT and i should open it.
i can't open it using C# rijndael  class, i'm getting

I created a WindowsIdentity object using the WindowsIdentity(IntPtr)
constructor passing it a token I received from a call to the LogonUser API
function.
Why is IsAuthenticated returning false although I just authenticated

I am trying to write to a event log called "TESTING" thorugh my web service.
This runs fine on WIndow 2000 and creates a key "TESTING" under the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICEs\EVENTLOG. But the same
webservice when deployed on Windows 2003 gives an error ...

When I try to execute a brand new C# Word Template Project, I get a dialog box with:
 The current .Net security policy does not permit WordTemplateProject1 to run from the folder .\WordTemplateProject1_bin\. Do not change the security policy in your computer.  The .Net security ...

I am at the beginning stages of writing a massive database-connected business
management application using the .NET framework and am becoming worried about
the security of the application upon completion.
I have recently become aware of the ease at which a .NET assembly can be

How can I retrieve the current logged user GUID?

Hi, I need to set custom permissions based on the currently logged-on user,
but I'm having some real trouble with this ...
I can set the current user on my web app, after I authenticate using my own
user database.

I want to encrypt a string, and save it to file, so that later on I can read
in the string and decrypt it ... this SHOULD be pretty straight forward,
unfortunately it is not!
Here is a method that should perform both operations, however the data that