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Vanara.Security

v5.0.3

Classes for security related items derived from the Vanara PInvoke libraries. Includes extension methods for Active Directory and access control classes, methods for working with accounts, UAC, privileges, system access, impersonation and SIDs, and a full LSA wrapper.

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pinvoke vanara net-extensions interop
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Total Downloads
256.6K
256,627
Published
Apr 9, 2026
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Vanara.Security --version 5.0.3
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Vanara.Security -Version 5.0.3
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Vanara.Security" Version="5.0.3" />

Frameworks

.NETFramework4.8 .NETCoreApp3.1 net5.0 net6.0 net7.0 net8.0-windows7.0 net9.0-windows7.0 net10.0-windows7.0 .NETStandard2.0 .NETStandard2.1

Dependencies

Vanara.Core
.NETFramework4.8
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.NTDSApi
.NETFramework4.8
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Security
.NETFramework4.8
[5.0.3, )
System.ComponentModel.Annotations
.NETFramework4.8
[5.0.0, )
System.Memory
.NETFramework4.8
[4.6.3, )
Vanara.Core
.NETCoreApp3.1
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.NTDSApi
.NETCoreApp3.1
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Security
.NETCoreApp3.1
[5.0.3, )
System.DirectoryServices
.NETCoreApp3.1
[6.0.1, )
Microsoft.Win32.Registry
.NETCoreApp3.1
[5.0.0, )
System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl
.NETCoreApp3.1
[5.0.0, )
System.Security.AccessControl
.NETCoreApp3.1
[6.0.1, )
System.Security.Permissions
.NETCoreApp3.1
[6.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
net5.0
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.NTDSApi
net5.0
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Security
net5.0
[5.0.3, )
System.DirectoryServices
net5.0
[6.0.1, )
System.Security.AccessControl
net5.0
[6.0.1, )
System.Security.Permissions
net5.0
[6.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
net6.0
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.NTDSApi
net6.0
[5.0.3, )
Vanara.PInvoke.Security
net6.0
[5.0.3, )
System.DirectoryServices
net6.0
[8.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
net7.0
[5.0.3, )

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