Okay, I am posting a link to this awesome example of DPAPI (Data Protection API) for C# and VB.net, mainly for my own reference. If you want to encrypt data in web.config files on shared servers, this is the way to do it. http://www.obviex.com/samples/dpapi.aspx Thanks to Julie Lerman for making me aware of DPAPI.
Archive for June, 2005
DPAPI in C#
Posted in Everything, Software Development, tagged C#, Security on June 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Visual Studio .NET 2005 CTP available for MSDN Subscribers
Posted in Everything, Software Development, tagged Visual Studio on June 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The June 2005 CTP for Visual Studio 2005 .NET is now available for download to subscribers of MSDN. The download screen documents the steps to take to remove any pre June CTP installations, such as Beta 2, but for reference I have listed the uninstall order below. Go to Control Panel and launch Add/Remove Programs, [...]
Aircraft graveyard on Google Maps
Posted in Everything, Miscellaneous, tagged Misc on June 14, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Visit Google Maps, click on the satellite link in the top right corner, type the co-ords “32° 09′N 110°52′W” into the search box, and then scroll right and you’ll see satellite imagary of the aircraft storage and dump site at Davis Monthan airfield. Really cool. Thanks to my work colleagues Bryan and Sahil for finding [...]
Bad Application Architect Diseases
Posted in Everything, Software Development, tagged Humorous on June 9, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Sahil Malik posted a hilarious post about Bad Application Architecture Diseases on his blog last year, and I just had to mention it. My favorite is Hypotechnologia or Hypertechnologia: A refrain/abstinence of preventing any team member to use even Instant Messenger, not allowing IIS on every developer’s machine, not allowing allowing a developer to install any software, [...]
Real World Pacman
Posted in Everything, Miscellaneous, tagged Games on June 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine a world where you could play Pacman for real on your city streets? Researchers in Singapore have made this a reality with the help of technologies like GPS, Blue tooth, wi-fi, and virtual reality. At last, we can all get exercise and fresh air whilst playing arcade games :). Link courtesy of the BBC.
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