The .NET Framework 1.0 included "Code Access Security" which included mechanisms to authenticate code with "evidence" (as opposed to traditional 'roles') and the apply permissions similar to your example: DnsPermission, FileIOPermission, RegistryPermission, UIPermission, and so on.
Unfortunately, the architecture was too complex for most developers and fell to the wayside. It was finally removed from the 4.0 Framework after being deprecated for some time.