When you host a .NET application on a remote network share, you may receive a System.SecurityException exception error message or a security warning message.
The Code Access Security Policy tool (CASPOL) enables administrators to modify security policy for the machine policy level, the user policy level, and the enterprise policy level.
Caspol is used to fully trust a remote share, since by default network shares only get LocalIntranet permissions.
The solution for the System.SecurityException exception error message is to use caspol to grant a .NET application the FullTrust right to a network share. To do this:
1. Launch a command prompt with administrative credentials
2. Change to the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 directory.
3. Run the following command:
caspol -m -ag 1 -url "file://\\server\share\*" FullTrust -exclusive on
Replace \\server\share\ with the path to your .NET application located on the remote network share.
Running the above command allowed me to resolve the following IIS 7.0 error:
SecurityException: Request for the permission of type 'System.Web.AspNetHostingPermission, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed
By the way, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 allows managed code to be launched from a network share.
References:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320268
http://blogs.msdn.com/shawnfa/archive/2004/12/30/344554.aspx
http://books.google.com/books?id=VJOtwMawoswC&pg=PA576&lpg=PA576&dq=iis+7.0+caspol.exe&source=bl&ots=W88GOo1Cfp&sig=U8sBtcNzbaSgPTghAp519S9O3sM&hl=en&ei=o1zSSeafEobmnQfHrbzlBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
http://www.iislogs.com/articles/23/
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837909
http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa/archive/2007/09/06/using-caspol-exe-to-add-assemblies-to-full-trust-assembly-list.aspx
http://www.dotnetjunkies.ddj.com/quickstart/howto/doc/security/SecScripting.aspx
