I'm browsing through Microsoft's best practices guide for security in ASP.NET 2.0 and have encountered some eyeopeners. The authors warn against relying on some of the built-in features of ASP.NET. For example, the ASP.NET 2.0 Internet Security Reference Implementation uses custom functions to...

I made a decision a while ago to move my entire working environment onto a portable USB Drive . In order to do I figured I would need the strongest and most durable pen drive on the market. I shopped around and found the ATP ToughDrive . It boasts lightening fast transfer speeds, water resistance and...

Update on September 14, 2006: The part about vulnerabilities in DataBinder.Eval() turns out to be a documentation bug and the statement has been removed. --kc I'm browsing through Microsoft's best practices guide for security in ASP.NET 2.0 and have encountered some eyeopeners. The authors warn...

It still worries me that so many sites are still vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks! I use an online DVD rental service and today I needed to go and discover my password, only to be presented with a screen which took querstring values and directly places them onto the page. What's worse is this...

I stayed at the Reading Ibis some weeks ago and snapped this message from the TV. The sheer incompetence of the last message on the screen horrified me, so I took this photo. "For Windows 98 or NT users, simply select 'OK' for any screen you get when connecting" What utter crap, "Are you sure you wish...

I stayed at the Reading Ibis some weeks ago and snapped this message from the TV. The sheer incompetence of the last message on the screen horrified me, so I took this photo. "For Windows 98 or NT users, simply select 'OK' for any screen you get when connecting" What utter crap, "Are you sure you wish...

It still worries me that so many sites are still vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks! I use an online DVD rental service and today I needed to go and discover my password, only to be presented with a screen which took querstring values and directly places them onto the page. What's worse is...

I made a decision a while ago to move my entire working environment onto a portable USB Drive . In order to do I figured I would need the strongest and most durable pen drive on the market. I shopped around and found the ATP ToughDrive . It boasts lightening fast transfer speeds, water resistance and...

Update on September 14, 2006: The part about vulnerabilities in DataBinder.Eval() turns out to be a documentation bug and the statement has been removed. --kc I'm browsing through Microsoft's best practices guide for security in ASP.NET 2.0 and have encountered some eyeopeners. The authors warn...