12.5. View the Permissions Required by an Assembly
Problem
You need to view the permissions that an assembly must be granted in order to run correctly.
Solution
Use the Permissions Calculator (Permcalc.exe) supplied with the .NET Framework SDK.
How It Works
To configure security policy correctly, you need to know the code access permission requirements of the assemblies you intend to run. This is true of both executable assemblies and libraries that you access from your own applications. With libraries, it's also important to know which permissions the assembly refuses so that you do not try to use the library to perform a restricted action, which would result in a System.Security.SecurityException exception.
The Permissions Calculator (Permcalc.exe) ...
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