Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Security Model in .NET 4.6

Note

Because the .NET Framework 4.6 is basically an update to versions 4.5 and 4.0, this chapter covers changes introduced by the latter version to the managed security model and requires you to have existing knowledge and skills on Code Access Security (CAS) in the .NET Framework, due to the complexity of the topic. This section focuses on some of the most important features in the security model, remembering that this is a complex architecture that would require an entire book for complete coverage. Keep in mind that what you get here is an overview of what the MSDN documentation discusses in detail.

Assemblies contain code that is executed when you run the application. As for the operating system and for any ...