Robert Hurlbut's .NET Blog

MVP 2008 - thanks again!

RHurlbut — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:48:00 GMT

I got notice today, as others did, I have once again been named a Microsoft MVP for 2008 in the area of Visual Developer - Security. Thanks again, Microsoft, and my MVP lead Rafael Munoz, and all those who have been very supportive of my community work...(read more)

WCF 3.5 will support Usernames over Transport Authentication

RHurlbut — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:21:00 GMT

Like Dominick Baier and Christian Weyer of Thinktecture , I also wondered why I couldn't use a UsernameToken with Transport Security in WCF v.1. I wanted to put together a simple demo for a client and that feature just wasn't there. Dominick mentions...(read more)

Heartland Developers Conference 2007 wrap-up

RHurlbut — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:20:00 GMT

Once again, for the 4th year in a row, I enjoyed the one conference I make sure to book well in advance. I haven't traveled to conferences as much this year, instead focused on client-related work. This was one conference, however, I was really looking...(read more)

Speaking at the Heartland Developers Conference 2007 this week in Omaha, NE

RHurlbut — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:47:00 GMT

I will be speakinzg at the Heartland Developers Conference 2007 , which takes place October 17-19 in Omaha, NE. This will be my 4th year speaking at the conference (I was there at the beginning) and it has continued to get bigger and better each year...(read more)

Speaking at New England Code Camp 8 this weekend

RHurlbut — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:03:00 GMT

I will be speaking at the New England Code Camp 8: Rise of the Silverlight Surfer at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA on September 29-30. I will be speaking on the following security topics: Penetration Testing of Web Applications Secure Code Reviews...(read more)

Speaking on Web Services Security at Boston .NET User Group on 9/12/2007

RHurlbut — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:14:00 GMT

I will be speaking on the topic: "Web Services Security: Where are we now?" this coming Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at the Boston .NET Users Group meeting at Microsoft, Waltham, MA. There has been some interesting talk lately, including this years...(read more)

Take a look at LiveId + CardSpace

RHurlbut — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:47:00 GMT

I was in a user group meeting recently with Patrick Hynds speaking about Identity and presenting demos on Windows CardSpace . Someone in the audience mentioned it would be great to see Microsoft start using this for some of their websites (I agree!)....(read more)

Another TDD and DDD success story

RHurlbut — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:24:00 GMT

I have been mostly silent for the past year as I have been busy working with a client in Western Massachusetts on a very interesting ASP.NET 2.0 project (using C# 2.0). I had the pleasure of working with one of the best teams I have seen in my career...(read more)

39

RHurlbut — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:03:00 GMT

An old favorite of mine, Jack Benny, used to be 39 forever. Today, I turned that age. Time flies ......(read more)

Slides on Windows CardSpace talk and further resources

RHurlbut — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:29:00 GMT

I have posted my slides on my site for last week's talk on Introduction to Windows CardSpaces at the Southern CT .NET Users Group meeting on June 12. It was a good meeting, but there were a lot of questions about how well will this technology be adopted...(read more)