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Disable the strong-name bypass feature

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Starting with the .NET Framework version 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1), strong-name signatures are not validated when an assembly is loaded into a full-trust xref:System.AppDomain object, such as the default xref:System.AppDomain for the MyComputer zone. This is referred to as the strong-name bypass feature. In a full-trust environment, demands for xref:System.Security.Permissions.StrongNameIdentityPermission always succeed for signed, full-trust assemblies regardless of their signature. The only restriction is that the assembly must be fully trusted because its zone is fully trusted. Because the strong name is not a determining factor under these conditions, there is no reason for it to be validated. Bypassing the validation of strong-name signatures provides significant performance improvements.

Policy Details

Policy Name
dotnet_strongname
Registry Key
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework
Supported On
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Available Languages
en-usfr-fr

Supported Values

Simple Enabled/Disabled toggle controlling whether the value exists under the configured registry key.