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Using Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in ASP.NET Web API

DotNetBips.com Latest Articles, May 11, 2013
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For security reasons browsers prohibit AJAX calls to resources residing outside the current origin. This means you under the current settings, you can't provide a service exposed by a Web API to some ...

.NET Security Part 1

Simple Talk, May 2, 2013
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Ever since the first version of .NET, it’s been possible to strictly define the actions and resources a particular assembly can use, and, using Code Access Security, permissions to perform certain act...

Better Testers

youve been HAACKED, April 22, 2013
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In a recent post, Test Better, I suggested that developers can and ought do a better job of testing their own code. If you havent read it, I recommend you read that post first. Im totally not biased i...

A WebAPI Basic Authentication Authorization Filter

Rick Strahls WebLog, April 18, 2013
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Web API allows for a number of different ways to implement security. The 'accepted' way to handle authentication is to use either IIS's built in security (ie. rely on HttpContext and the IIS authentic...

Java 7 Update 21

IKVM.NET Weblog, April 17, 2013
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While I was working on rewriting IKVM's dynamic binding support based on method handles I stumbled into a rather serious bug in the Oracle Java implementation. It allowed any code t...

Publishing app with Windows Intune

the telerik blogs, April 16, 2013
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The Windows Intune cloud service enables you to centrally manage and secure PCs through a single web-based console so you can keep your computers, IT staff, and users operating at peak performance fro...

How to implement a custom IPrincipal in ASP.NET MVC 4 internet project

The Code Project Latest Articles, April 9, 2013
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A simple tip on how to implement a custom IPrincipal in ASP.NET MVC 4 template project with WebMatrix.WebSecurity and OAuthWebSecurity....

Windows Azure: Active Directory Release, New Backup Service + Web Site Monitoring and Log Improvements

ScottGus Blog, April 8, 2013
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Today we released some great enhancements to Windows Azure. These new capabilities include: Active Directory: General Availability release of Windows Azure AD it is now ready for production use! ...

Your house, 11 Netduinos and the Cloud...

MSDN: Coding4Fun, March 22, 2013
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Today's Hardware Friday project by Mike Linnen is one that's pretty awesome in a cool Internet of Things kind of way. We've featured bits and pieces of like functionality in the past, but I don't thin...

MongoDB 2.4 Released

The MongoDB NoSQL Database Blog, March 19, 2013
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2.4 release notesHash-based Sharding:Capped Arrays:Text Search: Geo Capabilities: MongoDB 2.4 introduces GeoJSON support, a more accurate spherical model and enhanced search including polygon intersec...

The Four Goals of Cryptography

Radical Development, March 6, 2013
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Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties. It is about constructing and analyzing protocols that overcome the influence of adversar...

Open Source and Commericial Security Tools

Radical Development, March 2, 2013
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Whether youre a network administrator, security professional, or an end user, its important that you keep your system clean and secure. There are a variety of high quality open source security tools a...

Always have a host or URL prefix on the default Orchard tenant

More Whidbey stuff, February 25, 2013
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The multi-tenancy feature in Orchard enables you to host multiple sites within the same Orchard instance. Its not a a security feature, just a way to improve site density, and to enable you to save on...

An Incremental Database Development and Deployment Framework

Simple Talk, February 12, 2013
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Often, an existing database application must evolve quickly by incremental steps. Alex describes a tried and tested system to provide an automated approach to deploying both new and existing database ...

Get string representation of certificates

Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com, January 13, 2013
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SharePoint 2010 Training: more information Frequently you need to embed ce...

A Look At Microsoft SQL Server Database Security

Radical Development, January 12, 2013
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Security and web applications is something that I speak and write about often and I believe one aspect of overlooked security is the database itself. For the purpose of this article I am focusing on M...

How to create random readable strings for .Net application

Marc's Musings, December 4, 2012
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Why would I want to be random? If you need a random string, I assume you know why you're here. However there are some common uses for random strings I want to list out for the Google juice factor: C...

WCF WS-Security and WSE Nonce Authentication

Rick Strahls WebLog, November 24, 2012
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WCF makes it fairly easy to access WS-* Web Services, except when you run into a service format that it doesn't support. Even then WCF provides a huge amount of flexibility to make the service clients...

ImageCapture Suite - Image Acquisition Control from Dynamsoft

ASP.NET Announcements, November 23, 2012
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Dynamsoft's ImageCapture Suite is an image & processing component optimized for web applications. By embedding the control, you can capture images from scanners, webcams and other TWAIN/WIA/UVC c...

The Slow Death of Bookmarklets

The Code Project Latest Articles, November 20, 2012
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The Content Security Policy specification, a technology to prevent cross-site scripting attacks, has advanced from Working Draft to Candidate Recommendation. Which is a good thing, but unfortunately h...

Ignorance I tell you, it is all ignorance.

Cirrus Minor, November 19, 2012
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I was poking around my old blog (rgoarchitects.com) and I found this post from 2007 which I think is worth re-iterating:In a post called “Ignorance vs. Negligence“, Ayende blows some steam off on some...

C# - Using Rijindael Algorithm & Recursion to Implement a File Encrypting\Archiving Tool

The Code Project Latest Articles, November 18, 2012
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Demonstrating the use of System.Security.Cryptography.Rijindael class to powerfully encrypt strings and files along with basic file archiving method....

The slow death of bookmarklets

The Code Project Latest Articles, November 16, 2012
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The Content Security Policy specification, a technology to prevent cross-site scripting attacks, has advanced from Working Draft to Candidate Recommendation. Which is a good thing, but unfortunately h...

Pop Quiz: Accessing Secure Web Sites with Windows 7

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Columns, November 15, 2012
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Applies to the "Identifying Cause of and Resolving Security Issues" objective of Exam 70-685: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician....

Security, security! But do you test it?

The Code Project Latest Articles, November 13, 2012
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When and where is security important?...

Microsoft Previews 3 Security Updates for Windows 8

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, November 8, 2012
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Windows 8 fixes among the patches previewed in Microsoft's security update advance notification for November....

Automocking with JustMock

the telerik blogs, November 7, 2012
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Auto mocking containers are designed to reduce the friction of keeping unit test beds in sync with the code being tested as systems are updated and evolve over time. Background The Dependency Inversio...

Abstracting Dependencies with JustMock

the telerik blogs, October 31, 2012
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Unit tests are most effective when the System Under Test is isolated from its dependencies.  The best way to isolate your code (and make your code more SOLID) is through dependency injection. But...

Giveaway: Emsisoft Internet Security 2012

novaPDF - Powerful PDF Converter, October 29, 2012
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Halloween is right around the corner and we thought what a better way to celebrate this than by organizing a new giveaway, this time for Emsisoft Internet Security. If candy can protect you in the rea...

Password Authentication with Mongoose (Part 2): Account Locking

The MongoDB NoSQL Database Blog, October 24, 2012
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This post is Part 2 (of 2) on implementing secure username/password authentication for your Mongoose User models. In Part 1 we implementedone-way password encryption and verificationusingbcrypt. Here ...

Blob Storage and Shared Access Signatures

Stephen Kaufman's WebLog, October 16, 2012
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I am working on a project where we are uploading client files to Azure Blob Storage.  Blob storage is perfect for this type of application and uploading them with public access is the default beh...

SafeSense Locker - AppInnovation Entry

The Code Project Latest Articles, October 12, 2012
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SafeSense Locker Security App - keeps your private files safe...

Why Mocking Matters

the telerik blogs, October 10, 2012
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How does mocking benefit me?  Thats a question I hear a lot as I travel around the world giving talks.  So before we dive into how to use a mocking tool like JustMock, lets discuss why this ...

Microsoft Offers Another Light Security Update in October

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, October 9, 2012
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For the second month in a row, Microsoft is releasing an uncharacteristically light security update....

Getting Started with NUnit, NUnit.Should, and JustMock

the telerik blogs, October 5, 2012
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Technorati Tags: TDD,Test Driven Development,JustMock,JustCode,NUnit,NUnit.Should,Mocking Before diving into mocking with JustMock, its important to note that JustMock is a mocking framework, and not ...

Lone Critical Fix in Light October Security Update

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, October 4, 2012
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Microsoft will be rolling out one "critical" and six "important" bulletins for October's security update, planned for Tuesday....

Cloud, Compliance, Security: Highlights from MEC, Day 1

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, September 24, 2012
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Microsoft's messaging confab takes its message of cloud, compliance and security to its customers directly....

Perils of the MVC4 AccountController

K. Scott Allen, September 24, 2012
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The final release of ASP.NET MVC 4 brought some changes to how membership works in the MVC Internet Project template. While pre-release versions of MVC 4 all used the traditional ASP.NET membership pr...

Implementing Two Factor Authentication in ASP.NET MVC with Google Authenticator

The Code Project Latest Articles, September 17, 2012
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How to add extra security to your MVC web application, using two factor authentication....

No 'Critical' Fixes Planned for Microsoft's Light September Security Update

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, September 6, 2012
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Microsoft's security update for September looks to be a small one, with only two "important" bulletin items scheduled....

.NET Secure coding

ASP.NET Announcements, August 30, 2012
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OWASP AppSec USA 2012, Austin, October 23-26, 2012 will feature a course you may be interested in: http://www.appsecusa.org/schedule/trainings/net-secure-coding/ .NET Secure coding 2 Day Training:...

SharePoint Apps a word of caution

Sahil Malik - blah.winsmarts.com, August 11, 2012
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SharePoint 2010 Training: more information Lucky for SharePoint, it is the...

Manage security and redirection for non authorized access in MVC

The Code Project Latest Articles, July 18, 2012
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How to apply security and redirection to a view when a user cannot access a controller or a controller action in MVC...

Implementing MVC Two Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator

The Code Project Latest Articles, July 10, 2012
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How to add extra security to your MVC web application, using two factor authentication....

Ten Years of IKVM.NET

IKVM.NET Weblog, June 19, 2012
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Ten years ago today I started blogging about IKVM.NET. It's been an amazing journey and when I started it I never would have guessed I'd still be on it ten years later. Some of the h...

Implementing Two Factor Authentication with Google Authenticator

The Code Project Latest Articles, June 13, 2012
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How to add extra security to your web application, using two factor authentication....

Services Framework Security

Shaun Walker, May 18, 2012
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One of the exciting enhancements coming in DotNetNuke 6.2.0 is the new Services Framework a great way to write web services that integrate well with DotNetNuke. Theres a fewblogsrecently published th...

Microsoft Updates Anti-Exploit Tool for Windows

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, May 15, 2012
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Microsoft released its latest anti-exploit tool designed to add security for various software programs running on Windows systems, even those programs that lack much protection at all....

Azure SDK for node 0.5.4 is out! More secure and now with less angle brackets

Brendan Tompkins, May 12, 2012
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As Yavor said, Azure SDK for node 0.5.4 is out with a bunch of goodies! Closing a security hole Recently a vulnerability was detected in node.exe that could theoretically allow an attacker to perform ...

Microsoft Kicks Chinese Security Firm Out of Friendship Club

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Columns, May 9, 2012
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Plus: PHP script error gets a security update for faulty security update, 10 security mistakes you're still making....