I have a WEB app that occasionally needs access to a specific username and
password. I don't want to store them in plain text.  My thought is to encrypt
the username and password and store the encrypted values in the WEB.config
file, store the key and IV in a database table.  The ...

Just looking for some info on the security bulletins for the .NET framework
over the years.  Is there anywhere I can get a history of security
releases/patches for this platform??
Cheers

PRB - Control Panel Security for .NET 2.0 is Missing.
Please help,
In .NET 1.0 and 1.1, one could set security for .NET applications by going
to the Control Panel - Administrative Tools, and then choose the "Microsoft

I have been playing around with the declarative
StrongNameIdentityPermission, but have hit a strange problem.
If I run an application with an incorrect public key, I get a Security
Exception, then if I run the app with the correct key it works fine. So

Does anyone know of a graphical front end for the sn utility?
TIA,
MartinH.

I'm developing a Windows service using .Net 2.0. This service makes use
of some external assemblies which are authenticode signed (using a
certificate). If I try to start my code inside a console app for
debugging, the app starts fast. However when I try to do the same as a

I have a important question. If I use the ms sample code for setting
security on this site
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/system.io.directoryinfo.setaccesscontro
l.aspx
and use instead of read permissions FullAccess. Only full access is set for

Dear Friends,
We are developing the software and we want to secure our SOURCECODE from the
developers so taht they will not copy the Source Code and use the same when
they are leaving the organization.

Howdy,
Ran into this queer situation, hoping someone can explain why.
Setup:
ASP.NET application connecting to a SQL database.

I have developed a VB.NET Windows App that will be ran in a Citrix
environment.  If I run the program locally it runs without any problems, but
if I run it from the Citrix server (remote desktop) or network share
(\\citrix2\n$) I receive the following.

Once I told I didn't care about security and someone replied me, with much
criticism, that security was paramount and should always be top of my
priorities.
Heck, my apps are plain desktop app, without client-server communication,

Add/Edit Application Extension Mapping
the OK button on Add/Edit Application Extension Mapping is perminantly
disabled even when i specify my executable and extension. how to fix? I am
running IIS on windows xp pro for development.

I've read a little bit about the new security features of .NET 2.0. I'm
looking for a few special functions....
- Can I request a certificate? ...
- Can I access a smartcard? Perhaps with PKCS#11? ...

don't know if anyone can help me i am trying to find some examples so that i
can encrypt some credit card details in a database and extract the decrypt
data when required.
but i am new to the cryptography side of programming

Hi,
I have written an ASP.NET 2.0 application that uses Active Directory or ADAM
to manage account users - the site has a page that allows people to create an
account (much like any site). The page populates the AD with all the