Yep, this is indeed a security issue. With early betas of .NET the account ASP.NET was using had sufficient permissions to create new Event Logs and sources at run-time. However, this is no longer possible.
Check out these threads for more info:
http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3095
http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=251
Cheers,
Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
While typing this post, I was listening to:
Thieves Like Us by
New Order (Track 6 from the album:
Substance - Disc 1)