Welcome! The book you hold in your hands is a comprehensive guide androadmap to the security infrastructure of the Microsoft .NET Framework. The .NET Framework is Microsoft's new cross-language development environment for building rich client applications and XML Web Services. One of the key features of the .NET Framework is a robust security infrastructure that provides developers, administrators, and users with new levels of control over code that executes on their systems.

Whether you are a developer, administrator, or end user, this book will help you make the most of the .NET Framework security system and create, control, deploy, and use secure .NET applications.