PermissionSet Element (ASSL)

Identifies the permission set associated with a .NET Framework assembly.

Syntax

  
<ClrAssembly>  
   ...  
   <PermissionSet>...</PermissionSet>  
  
</ClrAssembly>

Characteristic	Description
Data type and length	String (enumeration)
Default value	Safe
Cardinality	0-1: Optional element that can occur once and only once.

Relationship	Element
Parent element	ClrAssembly
Child elements	None

The value of this element is limited to one of the strings listed in the following table.

Value	Description
Safe	Only internal computation and local data access is allowed. Safe is the most restrictive permission set. Code executed by an assembly with Safe permissions cannot access external system resources such as files, the network, environment variables, or the registry.
ExternalAccess	Safe, with the additional ability to access external system resources such as files, networks, environmental variables, and the registry.
Unrestricted	Unrestricted allows assemblies unrestricted access to resources, both within and outside . Code executing from within an Unrestricted assembly can call unmanaged code.

The enumeration that corresponds to the allowed values for PermissionSet in the Analysis Management Objects (AMO) object model is PermissionSet.