IsolatedStorageContainment Enum

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Permissions

Assembly:

System.Security.Permissions.dll

Caution

Code Access Security is not supported or honored by the runtime.

Specifies the permitted use of isolated storage.

public enum class IsolatedStorageContainment

[System.Obsolete("Code Access Security is not supported or honored by the runtime.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0003", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")]
public enum IsolatedStorageContainment

[<System.Obsolete("Code Access Security is not supported or honored by the runtime.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0003", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")>]
type IsolatedStorageContainment = 

Public Enum IsolatedStorageContainment

Inheritance

Object

ValueType

Enum

IsolatedStorageContainment

Attributes

ObsoleteAttribute

Fields

Name	Value	Description
None	0	Use of isolated storage is not allowed.
DomainIsolationByUser	16	Storage is isolated first by user and then by domain and assembly. Storage is also isolated by computer. Data can only be accessed within the context of the same application and only when run by the same user. This is helpful when a third-party assembly wants to keep a private data store.
ApplicationIsolationByUser	21	Storage is isolated first by user and then by application. Storage is also isolated by computer. This provides a data store for the application that is accessible in any domain context. The per-application data compartment requires additional trust because it potentially provides a "tunnel" between applications that could compromise the data isolation of applications in particular Web sites.
AssemblyIsolationByUser	32	Storage is isolated first by user and then by code assembly. Storage is also isolated by computer. This provides a data store for the assembly that is accessible in any domain context. The per-assembly data compartment requires additional trust because it potentially provides a "tunnel" between applications that could compromise the data isolation of applications in particular Web sites.
DomainIsolationByMachine	48	Storage is isolated first by computer and then by domain and assembly. Data can only be accessed within the context of the same application and only when run on the same computer. This is helpful when a third-party assembly wants to keep a private data store.
AssemblyIsolationByMachine	64	Storage is isolated first by computer and then by code assembly. This provides a data store for the assembly that is accessible in any domain context. The per-assembly data compartment requires additional trust because it potentially provides a "tunnel" between applications that could compromise the data isolation of applications in particular Web sites.
ApplicationIsolationByMachine	69	Storage is isolated first by computer and then by application. This provides a data store for the application that is accessible in any domain context. The per-application data compartment requires additional trust because it potentially provides a "tunnel" between applications that could compromise the data isolation of applications in particular Web sites.
DomainIsolationByRoamingUser	80	Storage is isolated first by user and then by domain and assembly. Storage will roam if Windows user data roaming is enabled. Data can only be accessed within the context of the same application and only when run by the same user. This is helpful when a third-party assembly wants to keep a private data store.
AssemblyIsolationByRoamingUser	96	Storage is isolated first by user and then by assembly evidence. Storage will roam if Windows user data roaming is enabled. This provides a data store for the assembly that is accessible in any domain context. The per-assembly data compartment requires additional trust because it potentially provides a "tunnel" between applications that could compromise the data isolation of applications in particular Web sites.
ApplicationIsolationByRoamingUser	101	Storage is isolated first by user and then by application evidence. Storage will roam if Windows user data roaming is enabled. This provides a data store for the application that is accessible in any domain context. The per-application data compartment requires additional trust because it potentially provides a "tunnel" between applications that could compromise the data isolation of applications in particular Web sites.
AdministerIsolatedStorageByUser	112	Unlimited administration ability for the user store. Allows browsing and deletion of the entire user store, but not read access other than the user's own domain/assembly identity.
UnrestrictedIsolatedStorage	240	Use of isolated storage is allowed without restriction. Code has full access to any part of the user store, regardless of the identity of the domain or assembly. This use of isolated storage includes the ability to enumerate the contents of the isolated storage data store.

Examples

This example shows how to tell the CLR that code in this assembly requires the IsolatedStoragePermission and also demonstrates how to write and read from isolated storage.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Security;
using namespace System::Security::Permissions;
using namespace System::IO::IsolatedStorage;
using namespace System::IO;


static void WriteIsolatedStorage()
{
    try
    {
        // Attempt to create a storage file that is isolated by
        // user and assembly. IsolatedStorageFilePermission
        // granted to the attribute at the top of this file
        // allows CLR to load this assembly and execution of this
        // statement.
        Stream^ fileCreateStream = gcnew
            IsolatedStorageFileStream(
            "AssemblyData",
            FileMode::Create,
            IsolatedStorageFile::GetUserStoreForAssembly());

        StreamWriter^ streamWriter = gcnew StreamWriter(
            fileCreateStream);
        try
        {
            // Write some data out to the isolated file.

            streamWriter->Write("This is some test data.");
            streamWriter->Close();	
        }
        finally
        {
            delete fileCreateStream;
            delete streamWriter;
        } 
    }
    catch (IOException^ ex)
    {
        Console::WriteLine(ex->Message);
    }

    try
    {
        Stream^ fileOpenStream =
            gcnew IsolatedStorageFileStream(
            "AssemblyData",
            FileMode::Open,
            IsolatedStorageFile::GetUserStoreForAssembly());
        // Attempt to open the file that was previously created.

        StreamReader^ streamReader = gcnew StreamReader(
            fileOpenStream);
        try
        { 
            // Read the data from the file and display it.

            Console::WriteLine(streamReader->ReadLine());
            streamReader->Close();
        }
        finally
        {
            delete fileOpenStream;
            delete streamReader;
        }
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException^ ex)
    {
        Console::WriteLine(ex->Message);
    }
    catch (IOException^ ex)
    {
        Console::WriteLine(ex->Message);
    }
}
// Notify the CLR to only grant IsolatedStorageFilePermission to called methods. 
// This restricts the called methods to working only with storage files that are isolated 
// by user and assembly.
[IsolatedStorageFilePermission(SecurityAction::PermitOnly, UsageAllowed = IsolatedStorageContainment::AssemblyIsolationByUser)]
int main()
{
    WriteIsolatedStorage();
}

// This code produces the following output.
//
//  This is some test data.

using System;
using System.Security.Permissions;
using System.IO.IsolatedStorage;
using System.IO;

// Notify the CLR to only grant IsolatedStorageFilePermission to called methods.
// This restricts the called methods to working only with storage files that are isolated
// by user and assembly.
[IsolatedStorageFilePermission(SecurityAction.PermitOnly, UsageAllowed = IsolatedStorageContainment.AssemblyIsolationByUser)]
public sealed class App
{
    static void Main()
    {
        WriteIsolatedStorage();
    }
    private static void WriteIsolatedStorage()
    {
        // Attempt to create a storage file that is isolated by user and assembly.
        // IsolatedStorageFilePermission granted to the attribute at the top of this file
        // allows CLR to load this assembly and execution of this statement.
        using (Stream s = new IsolatedStorageFileStream("AssemblyData", FileMode.Create, IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly()))
        {

            // Write some data out to the isolated file.
            using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(s))
            {
                sw.Write("This is some test data.");
            }
        }

        // Attempt to open the file that was previously created.
        using (Stream s = new IsolatedStorageFileStream("AssemblyData", FileMode.Open, IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly()))
        {
            // Read the data from the file and display it.
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s))
            {
                Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine());
            }
        }
    }
}

// This code produces the following output.
//
//  Some test data.

Option Strict On
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Imports System.IO.IsolatedStorage
Imports System.IO


' Notify the CLR to only grant IsolatedStorageFilePermission to called methods. 
' This restricts the called methods to working only with storage files that are isolated 
' by user and assembly.
<IsolatedStorageFilePermission(SecurityAction.PermitOnly, UsageAllowed:=IsolatedStorageContainment.AssemblyIsolationByUser)> _
Public NotInheritable Class App

    Shared Sub Main()
        WriteIsolatedStorage()
    End Sub
    Shared Sub WriteIsolatedStorage()
        ' Attempt to create a storage file that is isolated by user and assembly.
        ' IsolatedStorageFilePermission granted to the attribute at the top of this file 
        ' allows CLR to load this assembly and execution of this statement.
        Dim s As New IsolatedStorageFileStream("AssemblyData", FileMode.Create, IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly())
        Try

            ' Write some data out to the isolated file.
            Dim sw As New StreamWriter(s)
            Try
                sw.Write("This is some test data.")
            Finally
                sw.Dispose()
            End Try
        Finally
            s.Dispose()
        End Try

        ' Attempt to open the file that was previously created.
        Dim t As New IsolatedStorageFileStream("AssemblyData", FileMode.Open, IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForAssembly())
        Try
            ' Read the data from the file and display it.
            Dim sr As New StreamReader(t)
            Try
                Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine())
            Finally
                sr.Dispose()
            End Try
        Finally
            t.Dispose()
        End Try

    End Sub
End Class

' This code produces the following output.
'
'  Some test data.

Remarks

Caution

Code Access Security (CAS) has been deprecated across all versions of .NET Framework and .NET. Recent versions of .NET do not honor CAS annotations and produce errors if CAS-related APIs are used. Developers should seek alternative means of accomplishing security tasks.

Isolated storage uses evidence to determine a unique storage area for use by an application or component. The identity of an assembly uniquely determines the root of a virtual file system for use by that assembly. Thus, rather than many applications and components sharing a common resource such as the file system or registry, each has its own file area inherently assigned to it.

Four basic isolation scopes are used when assigning isolated storage:

• User - Code is always scoped according to the current user. The same assembly will receive different stores when being run by different users.

• Machine - Code is always scoped according to the machine. The same assembly will receive the same stores when being run by different users on the same machine.

• Assembly - Code is identified cryptographically by strong name (for example, Microsoft.Office.* or Microsoft.Office.Word), by publisher (based on public key), by URL (for example, http://www.fourthcoffee.com/process/grind.htm), by site, or by zone.

• Domain - Code is identified based on evidence associated with the application domain. Web application identity is derived from the site's URL, or by the Web page's URL, site, or zone. Local code identity is based on the application directory path.

For definitions of URL, site, and zone, see UrlIdentityPermission, SiteIdentityPermission, and ZoneIdentityPermission.

These identities are grouped together, in which case the identities are applied one after another until the desired isolated storage is created. The valid groupings are User+Assembly and User+Assembly+Domain. This grouping of identities is useful in many different applications.

If data is stored by domain, user, and assembly, the data is private in that only code in that assembly can access the data. The data store is also isolated by the application in which it runs, so that the assembly does not represent a potential leak by exposing data to other applications.

Isolation by assembly and user could be used for user data that applies across multiple applications; for example, license information, or a user's personal information (name, authentication credentials, and so on) that is independent of an application.

IsolatedStorageContainment exposes flags that determine whether an application is allowed to use isolated storage and, if so, which identity combinations are allowed to use it. It also determines whether an application is allowed to store information in a location that can roam with a user (Windows Roaming User Profiles or Folder Redirection must be configured).

See also

• IsolatedStoragePermission
• IsolatedStoragePermissionAttribute
• IsolatedStorageFilePermission
• IsolatedStorageFilePermissionAttribute