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Windows Principal and the MAGIC_NUMBER
A number of our apps use a mixed model of authentication. We have a Windows integrated authorisation site which extracts role information from intranet users, stores it in a cooke, and redirects to a forms aiuth site. Users not on the intranet can access via the forms auth site directly. Part of this process involves enabling impersonation on the windows auth site and extracting role information from the windows princpal. This is done using the code below :-
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UML Modelling in VS.Net
As part of the MSDN connection program offered by Microsoft here in Australia, I believe that all dedicated level developers received a copy of Borlands "Together" for Visual Studio.Net. An addin that lets you do UML modelling synchronised to source code. It comes complete with a patterns repository and other features. I wasn't too interested in synchronising source code but loved the idea of integrated UML modelling in VS.Net. I like UML and use it constantly to describe class designs and system designs for a lot of our detailed design documents we need to produce, as well as to simply describe a class design for developers in my team to work towards. (Note: If you dont use UML for your design work, I recommend you start, even if its just to describe class heirarchy and design for yourself)
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Technical Interviewss
I have been going for some job interviews lately, and what has been interesting is the technical interview aspect of each of them. I have been to what I consider 2 major interviews, each with the technical interview (they all consisted of at least 3 interviews) going for at least 2 hours, usually up towards 3 hours.