Re: [Pnet-developers] CAS and Isolated Storage

[Rhys Weatherley]

On Thursday 05 February 2004 02:12 am, Jason King wrote:

> Are there any plans for code access security to be implemented in PNET,

Most of the support C# code is in place, but there are still some things to do 
in the runtime engine and compiler.  No idea when I'll get the time though.

> and
> does anyone have any thoughts on the implementation of Isolated Storage,
> like how or where it will be achieved?

It's already supported, to a degree.  Under Unix systems, isolated storage is 
placed into sub-directories under $HOME/.cli/isolated-storage, one per domain 
and/or assembly that requests isolated storage functionality.

No attempt is made to hide this storage from the rest of the system, as doing 
so is a fundamental violation of the principle that the user owns all files 
on their hard drive, not the application vendor.  i.e. it purposely cannot be 
used to implement DRM-style isolated storage systems, and there is no 
circumstance under which DotGNU will change this policy.

Cheers,

Rhys.