Visual C++ 2010 forces .Net security transparency level 1

Visual C++ 2010 forces .Net security transparency level 1 by Medinoc

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Type:	Bug
ID:	668312
Opened:	5/13/2011 12:19:01 AM
Access Restriction:	Public
Moderator Decision:	Sent to Engineering Team for consideration

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Visual C++ 2010 makes it impossible to uses security transparency level 2 as recommended by .Net 4.0 documentation. Projects always have a SecurityRules(Level1) attribute, and trying to specify Level2 yields an error.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/5a955fd5-1f62-440e-93a8-8c8d0de7b095

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Visual Studio 2010

A) Create a C++/CLI class library project, build it.
Open it in IL disassembler.

B) Create a C++/CLI class library project.
Add a SecurityRules(level2) attribute at assembly level.
Try to build it.

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A) The project explicitly contains a SecurityRules(Level1) attribute.

B) The project does not build, failing with fatal error LNK1256: ALINK operation failed (80040409) : Assembly custom attribute 'System.Security.SecurityRulesAttribute' was specified multiple times with different values

A) The project should not contain any SecurityRules attribute, to allow the Framework to use level 2 transparency by default as documented.

B) The project should accept the SecurityRules(level2) attribute and build correctly.

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Posted by Microsoft on 10/3/2011 at 4:01 PM

Thank you for reporting this issue to Microsoft.

A fix for this bug will be considered for a future version of Visual Studio.

Thanks,
Mahmoud Saleh
Windows C++ Team

Posted by Medinoc on 9/22/2011 at 8:11 AM

By the way, it also affects the SP1 version of Visual Studio 2010.

Posted by MS-Moderator10 [Feedback Moderator] on 5/16/2011 at 1:42 AM

Thank you for submitting feedback on Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework. Your issue has been routed to the appropriate VS development team for investigation. We will contact you if we require any additional information.

Posted by MS-Moderator01 on 5/13/2011 at 12:37 AM

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