A Blog for GraymadMusings about ASP.NET and more...by G. Andrew DuthieCommunity Server :: Forums- July 31, 2004 Just announced by Rob Howard of Telligent Systems (and former caching guru from the ASP.NET team at Microsoft): One of the largest Microsoft Open Source projects (previously known as ASP.NET Forums) Community Server :: Forums has just been released! More details here: http:forums.asp.netForumsShowPost.aspxPostID=457530457530 A few tidbits... over 150 compiled server controls hundreds of thousands of lines of source code (C) included localized in over 10 languages designed to run.http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/31/202999.aspx New weblog- July 31, 2004 I&8217;ve got a new blog, on the MSDN blog server that I&8217;ll be using for my blogging while I&8217;m a Microsoft employee. Not sure whether I will continue updating my weblogs.asp.net blog or not, but most of my blogging energy will be directed at the new blog. The new address is: http:blogs.msdn.comgduthie Visit early&8230;visit often.http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/31/202749.aspx Why you shouldn't be using passwords of any kind on your Windows networks . . .- July 28, 2004 …use passphrases instead: So this is my first ever blog entry and seeing as how I'm a senior member of the PSS Security Incident Response team, you may think I've stopped taking my medication by opening with a title like the one above! Medication issues notwithstanding, it's true - you should NOT be using passwords of any kind. Why For starters, passwords are ridiculously easy to guess or crack. Worms like Agobot Phatbot Polybot SDBot RBot (no I...http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/28/200096.aspx Now running under WPA...- July 27, 2004 It took me a while, but I’ve finally upgraded my home network to use WiFi-Protected Access (WPA) instead of WEP for securing my wireless connectivity. The upgrade was complicated by a laptop with a built-in WLAN adapter that didn’t support WPA (I switched to using the wired connection on that one) and a wireless bridge that was the wrong hardware revision to support an upgraded firmware patch to enable WPA (a Linksys WET54G). The good news is that after a few frustrating phone...http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/26/197803.aspx Nifty solution to some of the problems of least privilege- July 25, 2004 One of my fellow Microsofties has come up with a neat solution to some of the hassles of running your workstation using a non-admin account. My advice for getting around things you can’t do as a non-admin has long been to simply run programs from a command prompt that you’ve started with RunAs, using the credentials for an account with admin privileges. The problem is that some programs don’t play well in this scenario, particularly install programs that run based on specific.http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/25/196126.aspx Lookout 1.2 Available for download- July 23, 2004 Despite the concerns of some that Microsoft was taking it away from the community by acquiring the company, Microsoft has made Lookout, an add-in for searching through Outlook email stores quickly, available for download from the Microsoft download center. Enjoy! UPDATE: Apparently, the old link is dead, but the download can now be found at http:www.lookoutsoft.comLookoutdownload.html (via http:sandbox.msn.com). Thanks to Niclas Lindgren for the update on the whereabouts of the...http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/23/193434.aspx Red pill- July 19, 2004 So... The big announcement that I hinted at last week is that, as of today, I have assumed the role of. NET developer evangelist with Microsoft, working in the East region. I want to say thanks to all the folks who've helped me develop the skills to get here, particularly my friends at INETA and ASPInsiders. I'm looking forward to helping folks in my new role. Though it may take me some time to get up to speed, feel free to ping me via the Contact link if I can be of assistance. UPDATE:...http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/19/187750.aspx BlueVision ASP.NET Intellisense Generator- July 15, 2004 Thanks to Wim for the plug, and for letting us know about a way to get intellisense for custom ASP.NET server controls without hacking XSD: ASP.NET control developers know how much of a pain it can be to create a specific XSD file in order to achieve IntelliSense support in your ASPX mark-up. See Andrew Duthie's article on MSDN here. I've been using the ASP.NET IntelliSense Generator from BlueVision Software for quite a while now and thought I'd share it with you. Enjoy! Wim...http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/15/184536.aspx An open letter to wireless networking manufacturers- July 14, 2004 Dear Wireless Networking Manufacturer, It has come to my attention that some of you (one rhymes with ink-sys) are still shipping new wireless networking equipment that does not support WPA out of the box. This is inexcusable. Please stop manufacturing and selling products that do not support WPA out of the box, particularly newly-introduced products. Also,...http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/14/183434.aspx Security at Home- July 14, 2004 If you’ve got friends or family who are the non-geek types, and need help with security, this might save you a few of those “how do I…” phone calls… Last week, Microsoft put up an updated Security at Home web site for home users. This is a great place to send your family and friends who are interested in security issues and in protecting their PCs. Check it out here: Security at Home Microsoft's new Security at Home site helps non-technical users by...http://weblogs.asp.net/gad/archive/2004/07/14/183280.aspx |