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Publisher Class

The Publisher class represents evidence of the AuthentiCode™ digital signature of a code assembly. The PublisherIdentityPermission derives from this evidence and can be used to confirm that calling code is signed by a specific software publisher.

Object
   Publisher

[Visual Basic]
NotInheritable Public Class Publisher
   Implements IIdentityPermissionFactory
[C#]
public sealed class Publisher : IIdentityPermissionFactory
[C++]
public __gc __sealed class Publisher : public
   IIdentityPermissionFactory
[JScript]
public class Publisher implements IIdentityPermissionFactory

Remarks

The security policy system uses Publisher together with other evidence about a code assembly to determine what permissions the code should be granted.

Publisher evidence is based on AuthentiCode™ signatures; for more information refer to the Windows Platform Kit.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Security.Policy

Assembly: mscorlib.dll

See Also

Publisher Members | System.Security.Policy Namespace