Biggest Flaw in .Net...Fixed?
OK, so maybe I am biased about the default security settings for managed code on a network share being the biggest flaw in .Net. However, it has to be one of the most aggravating ones (especially when considering deployment options). I never understood how allowing unmanaged code to run on a network share, but not managed code by default was security.
Quoting Vance Morrison:
The problem is that failing to run managed code WHILE STILL ALLOWING UNMANAGED EXE's to run, does not provide any security (because hackers will simply use unmanaged code) but does cause nontrivial deployment headaches (manage apps can't be run from network locations).
Anyway, it's now fixed!!! Just grab .Net 3.5 SP1. Thanks to MS (and Vance) for making this change.
Labels: mono


2 Comments:
the single most annoying aspect of .net executables ever...
This is big news for those who run windows forms applications from a company's network shares.
Thanks for pointing this out Jonathan.
-- danmorg
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