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A story of finding a new home for my email.

In my previous post, I gave some thoughts about Oxite. Never one to sit idle, I proceeded to tackle the first item on the list. Oxite comes with an SQL data provider, which is great. But I wanted an XML data provider, so the content could be stored like in dasBlog. As an experiment, I [...]

I’ve been fiddling around with Oxite recently. Although I find it highly interesting and a lot of fun, it being based on ASP.NET MVC and all, it’s not yet mature enough to be an out-of-the-box blogging engine. None of the shortcomings are show-stoppers as such, and it’s not intended to compete with the major actors [...]

I struggled a bit to get the live demo up and running for my previous article on ASP.NET MVC because my hosting provider runs on the Apache web platform, which wasn’t all too keen on the MVC URL rewriting. One of the problems is that on Apache (same as on IIS6), the document being served [...]

Seldom do I use all-caps for titles. This time, it’s merited. I’ve been circling around ASP.NET MVC like a suspicious lion for months. Since I don’t work much with web projects, this has slipped down on my priority list in favor of technologies more relevant to my current projects. But since it recently hit official [...]

In my previous article, I showed how you could embed a certificate as a managed resource in your application. Today, I will demonstrate how you can implement your own custom certificate validation for WCF. There are many scenarios where you would want to implement your own certificate validation mechanics. For instance, it might not be [...]

The MPAA recently published a list of legal movie download sites. Eagerly, I rubbed my grubby hands together and rushed off across the internets to see it for myself. Ooh, how I’ve longed to sit in the sofa and view the latest episode of Heroes, Fringe and Terminator, The Sara Connor Chronicles! I immediately fetched [...]

In my previous article, I showed how to implement custom username and password validation for WCF and how to use a certificate to encrypt the communication (including the username and password). In this article, I will extend that sample and embed the certificate as a resource in the service library as well as create a [...]

One of the many common security scenarios when programming WCF, is using custom username and password authentication. The custom authentication part is no big hassle in itself, but as a security precaution, WCF refuses to send usernames and passwords in clear-text, instead requiring that the communication be encrypted in some way. Attempting to use custom [...]

I came across this video on YouTube, and I have to admit, it really made me smile. A lot. Did you know 3.0 It’s “common knowledge-in-your-face” at its best. Have a look! Technorati Tags: Internet