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ASP.NET Vulnerability Exposes Encrypted Data and Web.config
During the September 2010 ekoparty Security Conference in Argentina, Juliano Rizzo, along with Thai Duong, disclosed a vulnerability that affects every ASP.NET web application. The exploit involves what is called a “Padding Oracle Attack.” He had released a working algorithm a while back in the form of POET, a python …
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September 27, 2011 -
Visualize Data with Microsoft Chart Controls
Presenting data in a pleasant, aesthetically pleasing manner, that showcases the cohesive whole by selecting certain significant trends is a useful way to assist in livening up cold-hearted, plain numbers.
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September 26, 2011 -
Custom Controls “Not Invented Here” But “Proudly Found Elsewhere”
Many of us developers, as an educational exercise, have written an algorithm or data structure that has long been entrenched in a library or module written and tested more vigorously than our own. Why write a sorting algorithm in a language that already provides a better sort? Why write custom …
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September 25, 2011 -
Browser-Specific Controls
Browser detection is no longer primarily a means to solve bugs in the rendering engines of browsers, but with the rise of hand-held Internet-enabled devices, the importance of accessibility standards, and automated, non-human client programs, modifying not only the style-sheet, but also the HTML structure and content tailored for targeted …
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August 12, 2010
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