Security Tutorials & Articles
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You Want Salt With That?
by Eric LippertLearn about "security through obscurity", what exactly is this "salt" stuff (in the cryptographic sense, not the chemical sense!), and why it's OK to make salts public knowledge.
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How to access Outlook and post to a blog using C#
by Simon SoanesAn article for all those like Robert Scoble who would like to be able to drag and drop an item to a folder in their Outlook and post it instantly to their Blog. We also briefly cover web services and talking to Outlook.
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SQL Injection Attacks by Example
by Stephen J. FriedlSteve Friedl takes a look at how your site could be vulnerable to SQL injection attacks - complete with numerous examples - and the action you can take to prevent them.
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Isolated Storage in .NET
by Graham ParkerKnowing how and where to store things is bread and butter stuff for an Application Developer. This article examines an area of storage known as ‘Isolated Storage’ that was introduced to the Windows environment alongside the introduction of the .NET Framework. We’ll discover, what it is and how and why to use it.
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Make your Classic ASP code work like in ASP.NET
by Christian CalderonDeveloping in Classic ASP using the same technics as in ASP.NET?. If you have to work in Classic ASP, why don't do it the right way? By using a similar framework not only your code will be more organized and efficient, but it will take you a fraction of the time to port to ASP.NET!
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Web Forms DataGrid and DataSet Programming
by Jeff LouieThis is a working C# .NET program that demonstrates how to integrate most of the features of the DataGrid and DataSet in a single project including select, insert, update, delete, confirm delete, sort, filter and page.
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Watching Folder Activity in VB.NET
by Jayesh JainIn this article we're going to learn how to implement the FileSystemWatcher class using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
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Authentication for Web Services
by Bruce JohnsonOne of the most important issues to consider when implementing a commercial web service is authentication. In this third installment in our series, we consider the most common approaches and decide which is most suited for our example service.
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XP, Component Services and .NET
by John GodelLearn about the changes introduced by COM+, new features included in Windows XP for COM+, and how to use COM+ services from your .NET programs.
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API Programming Series #1
by Sreejath S. WarrierThis is the first part of a series of articles explaining how to access and use the Win32 API from within VB.
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Classic Guestbook made with Flash and ASP/PHP
by Pradeep MamgainPradeep Mamgain demonstrates creating a guestbook with a Flash interface, and an ASP or PHP back-end to store the data.
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Client Server Programming with Winsock
by S.S. AhmedWinsock control comes with VB6 and is used to create applications that access the low-level functions of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
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Password Program in ColdFusion
by Julia Lynne GreenThis program provides clues, automatic messaging systems for lost passwords etc.
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A Validating Edit Control
by Joseph M. NewcomerHave you ever wanted a control that only accepted valid values and gave feedback to the user? This is a little project that illustrates the techniques for building a validating edit control.
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ActiveX Documents
by UTLogicUse ActiveX documents to add features to websites