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Web Services Security in The .NET Framework

By Quin Street - Published 01/10/2008

The proliferation of Web Services on the market and their universal acceptance on the Internet makes them more vulnerable to security threats. Therefore, we need to tighten security for our Web Services and pay attention to it. With ASP.NET, Microsoft has provided the necessary features for securing our Web Services and other Web resources. In this article, Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui explains how to unleash the power of ASP.NET security.

The Basics of Manipulating File Access Control Lists with C#

By Jani Jarvinen - Published 09/26/2007

Learn about file access control lists and how to use C# to read and modify them to improve the security of your applications and your IT infrastructure.

XSD Tutorial: XML Schemas For Beginners

By Simon Sprott - Published 05/24/2007

This five-part article gives a basic overview of the building blocks underlying XML Schemas, showing how and when to use them.

.NET Tip: Creating a Password-Checking Function

By Eric Smith - Published 09/29/2006

Password security is an easy way to tighten access to any application. Use this function to check a password against a set of rules, as well as a set of previously used passwords.

Asynchronous Web Services in .NET Using WSE 2.0

By rekha kodali - Published 10/28/2005

Discover an approach to efficiently communicate with a Web service asynchronously.

"Indigo" CTP Released Today

By Bradley Jones - Published 03/16/2005

Microsoft released the Community Technical Preview (CTP) of their next-generation Web-Services technology, "Indigo," today.

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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)

By Nick Wienholt - Published 04/18/2011

The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

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.NET Framework: Collections and Generics

By Mark Strawmyer - Published 06/23/2011

The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

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Adding Sizzle to a Video Slot Game with VB.NET

By Hannes Du Preez - Published 10/10/2012

The final installment of our Slot Game series shows you how to build in a way to win or lose. We will also add some effects for when a win takes place.

Programming Insights

Implementing a WCF Message Contract

By Jeffrey Juday - Published 06/25/2012

WCF implementations normally take two different approaches; a Document style or an API style. Document style implementations are more flexible and often easier to extend and version. Also, Document style or rather, Message Contract service implementations, work well between systems with a shared message assembly. Jeffrey Juday guides you through architecting a WCF Message Contract implementation.

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Low Risk MQ Migration Strategies: Avoid the Big Bang

Live Event Date: August 9, 2012 MQ 6.x is going out of service on September 30, 2012. With the deadline so close, companies need efficient …
HTML5: An Introduction

HTML5 is the new standard that is expected to take over the Web. New versions of browsers are already starting to support the advanced …
Cloud Security Brief - The Roadmap to Secure Cloud Storage

The unprecedented flexibility of cloud service models should enable organizations to more rapidly, and cheaply, respond to changing business …

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