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Return of the Mailbag

Over the last week or so I've seen a few questions pop up multiple times. In no particular order: Q: Is calling a virtual method with a non-virtual call verifiable? A: It depends :-) In v1.x of the CLR this was verifiable. We made a change in v2.0 which
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The Difference Between the Strong Name Hash and Hash Evidence

The System.Security.Policy.Hash class allows you to make security decisions based upon the hash of an assembly using the HashMembershipCondition . That sounds awfully similar to how strong names are calculated ... According to ECMA partition II section

Hitting the Mailbag

I've gotten quite a few questions from this blog over the past several months. And although I can't answer all of them, here's some quick answers to some of the more common ones. If you do have more questions, its usually best to post them in the comments
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.NET 1.0 SP 3 and .NET 1.1 SP 1 Released

Today we pushed .NET 1.0 SP3 and .NET 1.1 SP1 onto Windows Update as a Critical Update. You can also download the service packs from the MSDN download center. Here's a brief review of what's new for security in each service pack: .NET 1.0 SP3 (v1.0.3705.6018)
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Comparison of .NET and Java Security

Denis Piliptchouk has written a four part series comparing .NET and Java security on O'Reilly's OnJava site. Part 1 - Security Configuration and Code Containment Part 2 - Cryptography and Communication Part 3 - Code Protection and CAS Part 4 - Authentication
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