Configuring FCDdeManager Security Manually

To manually configure FCDdeManager security on a client computer:

  1. Add the Dovetail Agent URL to the computer's Trusted Sites list.
    1. Log onto the computer as a user with Administrator-like privileges.
    2. Open the Control Panel, and then open Internet Options.
    3. Click on the Security tab.
    4. Select Trusted Sites, and click the Sites button.
    5. Add the Dovetail Agent URL or any part of the parent page. Example: If your Dovetail Agent URL is http://server1/agent, you can put http://server1 or http://server1/agent
    6. To exit Internet Options and save the changes, click OK, and then OK again.
  2. Create a custom Internet permission set and add the necessary permissions.

    Important: If a custom permission set has already been defined for the Trusted_Zone code group, then modify the existing permission set with the permissions mentioned in g, h, and i below, and skip the other steps.

    1. While still logged on as Administrator, open the Control Panel > Administrative Tools.
    2. Open the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration.
    3. Expand My Computer > Runtime Security Policy > Machine > Permission Sets.
    4. Right-click on the Internet permission set, and choose Duplicate.
    5. Rename Copy of Internet to something descriptive (i.e. "FCCustomInternet").
    6. Right-click on FCCustomInternet (or the name chosen in 2e), and select Change Permissions.
    7. On the left-hand side of the window, select Reflection, and click Add >>.
    8. In the dialog that opens, check the Member Information checkbox, and click OK. Note: Only the Member Information box must be checked. All other checkboxes can be optionally checked.
    9. On the right-hand side, find the Security entry in the list and double-click it. In addition to the Enable assembly execution checkbox, the Allow calls to unmanaged code checkbox should be checked. Click OK when done. Note: Other checkboxes can be checked, but are not necessary for the FCDdeManager control.
    10. Click Finish.
  3. Switch the Trusted_Zone code group to use the new customized Internet permission set instead of the default Internet permission set.

    Important: If a custom permission set has already been defined for the Trusted_Zone code group, then do not perform these steps.

    1. While still logged in as Administrator with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration applet open, expand Code Groups. This is on the same level as the Permission Sets node in the tree-view.
    2. Expand All_Code.
    3. Right-click on Trusted_Zone, and choose Properties.
    4. Click on the Permission Sets tab, and change the permission set from Internet to FCCustomInternet (or the name chosen in 2e).
    5. Click OK.

See Also

Security Configuration

Configuring FCDdeManager Security Automatically

Configuring FCDdeManager Security Using Windows Group Policy

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