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Although most companies do some form of requirements, there is often a lack of understanding as to exactly why the requirements need to be created and how. Let's look at some secrets to improve your requirements process even under tight deadlines.. 
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In this second part of a two-part series, you will learn about application security issues related to authentication and authorization, as well as five vulnerabilities commonly found in ASP.NET web-based applications. Additionally, find out how to keep configuration files from being unintentionally modified by uninformed programmers or administrators, as well as why it is critical to never rely on default setting values..
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An article to illustrate editing and encrypting of sections of Web.Config file programatically. It is illustrated with an ASP.NET 2.0 application, which can edit and encrypt sections of Web.Config..
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In part one of this two part article, you will learn about five of the top ten “worst offenders” of misconfigurations of application security that can cause overall problems for ASP.NET Web-based applications. Learn more about how to secure the Web.config files of an ASP.NET application..
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Service-oriented architecture is a hot topic in today’s business world, and it can provide many key benefits. It is important to look at service-oriented architectures from both a real-world perspective as well as a technical perspective to gain a complete understanding of this new concept. Read more about service-oriented architecture and learn how it can add functionality to Web-based applications and save developers time over the long term..
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Search engine optimisation is pretty much part and parcel of creating websites these days. Getting the basics right don't require a large amount of work, but can make all the difference..
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The forthcoming 2007 Microsoft Office System offers many new opportunities for software developers. Matt Nicholson looks at the new user interface and the Open XML file format, finds out what's happened to VSTO, and explores the possibilities opened up by SharePoint Server 2007 and Groove 2007..
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Ajax programming, which allows a web page to refresh a small portion of its data from a web server, is an exciting technology that has recently been introduced. However, this type of programming can also leave applications open to SQL injection and similar attacks. Learn more about Ajax programming and what it means in terms of security..
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Learn how to read and write Open XML files in the new Microsoft Office 2007, with a particular examination of the Excel file format..
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Developers are beginning to take the important step toward performing security testing before their applications leave their environments. However, it is also important to combine source code analysis with dynamic analysis during security testing, an approach known as hybrid analysis. .
Latest Blog Entries in United States
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Published on 29 Jun 2007 from Scott Dorman
I have finally put up my pictures from Tech·Ed 2007. Since I forgot to bring my digital camera with me, these were taken on my cell phone so the quality isn't that great.
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Published on 29 Jun 2007 from Scott Dorman
Just as style is an often overlooked but very critical attribute of writing, coding standards are also an often overlooked but very critical attribute of software development. Following a consistent coding standard helps improve the quality of the overall software system. The key to a good coding st
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Published on 29 Jun 2007 from Scott Dorman
Over the last year or so I have noticed a disturbing trend brought about by the idea of "brining programming to the masses". Last April, according to Microsoft, there was a "growing community of 18 million recreational and hobbyist developers." Even IBM was getting in to the mix, with a project call
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Published on 29 Jun 2007 from Scott Dorman
Yet another quirky personality test...the only problem is that I'm not sure I should be proud of this one...
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Tokamak Physics Engine Tokamak Game Physics SDK is a high performance Open Source (BSD) C++ real-time physics library designed specially for games. C# XNA Port of Tokamak
