Security in COM+
Security in COM+ is an extremely complex and involved topic. If you really want the full details, you should pick up a book devoted to COM+. The next section will provide you with an overview of how security works in a COM+ application, the security options available to you, and how you can program against that security model.
Object and Security Contexts
A security context identifies the principal (see other chapters in this book about IPrincipal and IIdentity) that is performing a given action. If a method is being invoked on a serviced component, COM+ can be configured to provide that component with an object context. That context gives the code the capability to query the identity of the calling client as well as the roles ...
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