Security Forum

[bri189a]

Thought it would be a good idea...

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Security on its own could be too vague as a forum in its own right. Would you mean Database security, ASP.Net security, Windows Forms based security or dealing with the (horrible) security APIs?

Most of those would be better served under the existing forums I would of thought....

 

[Volte]

Unless there is an overwhelming demand for a particular subject, no new forums will be created. We like to keep the forum index as compact as possible.

 

[bri189a]

I was speaking of Windows Form Based Security... Ive been searching through the forums and MSDN just trying to educate myself, and MSDN has such a broad range of subject matter, as here, that its difficult to find some simple things... like MSDN has a large article on how programs should be able to run just as well as an user versus as an administrator... understandable so... but what about in cases such as mine where certain functions need domain admin priviledge to work... can you elevate priviledges for just a function... can you lower priviledges if theyre not needed but the process is started by someone with elevate priviledges? I have a lot of secuirty questions but they are rather general... newbie type of questions since it hasnt been an issue in the past but is now... and I hate to overload the General forum with those.

Like in the past I found out that when calling a certain API, the application that used it had to run with Full Trust... how couldve Ive done this through code versus doing it using the .NET configuration wizard as I did?

Or currently I need to save username and password information for certain computers because otherwise Ill be prompting the user every 60 seconds for information to multiple computers.... certainly do not want to save that in an Access DB... too easy to crack its db pwd, but at the same time how can you keep that information secure?

With that... Is it safe to keep things like that retained in memory (variables) when your not actually using it... well I guess that would be wise, not safe...

but like I said, general stuff... but Im happy to use the General Forum if necessary... Thanks.

 

[Volte]

If I recall correctly, there was a Security forum when this site was first created, but it was removed because it wasnt posted in once.