Hello: When I went to check my user accounts in the control panel, I discovered that a limited ASP.NET machine account was there. What does this mean? I did not set this up. thanks!...more >>

hi , Am trying to read from and write to a same xml file.i have no prob when reading the xml file.but when i write to the same file i get the following error even after closing the reader object(which is open). The file is being used by some other process. --------------------------------...more >>

I have an ASP.NET application that accesses a DCOM object on a remote server. I am using Windows Authentication to allow users to have access to my ASP.NET application. Then, the ASP.NET application will attempt to connect to the DCOM object. However, connections to the DCOM object will only be...more >>

Hi, I have a strange problem. I get NULL reference out of Encrypt function. FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = new FormsAuthenticationTicket(1, userName, DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(30), false, null, FormsAuthentication.FormsCookiePath ); string enc = Form...more >>

Hello. I have an ASP .NET Application that I have been using that calls a web service on another machine. Our company wants to implement HTTPS between the two applications. I have changed the call to the web service URL to https://example:8700/example. Now I get a message indicating: ...more >>

Hi guys, I would like to develop my own authentication service and to use it in several projects. Also, my service should implement windows, forms, sql Server or LDAP authentication. My first thought was to use the factory pattern to choose "on the fly" the appropriate authentication mode (you ...more >>

Hi, I am new in ASP.NET and would like to know how to do Windows authentication. I read somewhere in MSDN about windows authentication in ASP.NET by doing the following: 1. In web.config, set <authentication mode="Windows"> 2. In IIS directory security tab for my virtual directory,...more >>

Hi guys, I've spend days with this but couldn't find a solution, maybe you can help me. In classical ASP, there was the so called "PermissionChecker" COM component, which would tell you if the current user has (read) access to a certain file, a lá if (PermissionChecker.HasAccess("C:\SOMEFIL...more >>

Hi there, in a webapplication in a company where i have two seperate domains, without any trust relation i need the following. on the first domain (the backoffice) the users use a webapplication to see transaction on a database in the second domain. I can make user accounts on the second d...more >>

I have an internet site set up for SSL. This is now in test stage, so I issued a test certificate from out domain server. When I access the site from my location (same domain as the issuing server) the security warning comes up in about 2 seconds. When the site is accessed from some other dom...more >>

I have a Web service hosted in IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003 that needs to write to the application event log. The default permissions prevent this. I know there are number of ways to fix this, but I'd like to know what the recommend best practice is for managing permissions. -- Peter Bernha...more >>

Hi, I have an asp.net web site. I want 1 page to be accessed by a group ( which I have set up on the web server). The remaining web pages can be accessed by anyone. In the web.config file I have used these settings: <authorization> <allow users="*" /> </authorization> <location...more >>

Hello Friend Please check following Cod Dim x As System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipa x = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipa Response.Writ (System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent.Auth nticationType & "<BR>" Response.Writ (System.Secur...more >>

Hello everyone, Is it possible to kill the Application session on website leave event? i.e using "FormsAuthentication.SignOut()" when changing the web site by entering a different domain name in the address bar on Internet explorer. Thanks. ...more >>

We have implemented "Remember Me" with the following call: FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(txtUsername, cbRememberMe.checked) We have a need now to allow users to be voluntary forgotten. Is there anyway we can programatically take back the cookie we issued? thanks, Gary ...more >>

TRY IT ONE TIME... I HAVE 45 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECIDED TO GO IN WITH ME TO BUILD A DOWNLINE FOR THE NEXT MLM..I WILL SIGN UP FIRST,,THEN THEY WILL JOIN...AND YES,IT COSTS MORE OF COURSE.. COST IS $29.00 I'LL REVEAL THE PROGRAM TO EVERYONE SOMEWHERES DOWN THE LINE...AS IM TRYING TO B...more >>

Hi am a novice, trying to create a directory on my server (standalone development pc) through a simple web app. I get the exception: System.UnauthorizedAccessException I understand that it's because the ASPNET account does not have access rights to the folder. I wanted to give the ASPNET ac...more >>

Im trying to programmatically authenticate a user against NT under windows 2000. I use the LogonUser API. Realizing that the call needs SYSTEM privileges, I created a COM+ component and run it under the administrator user. However, I still get the above error!. I have even checked WindowsIde...more >>

I find that the encoding of web control is inconsistent. Some controls will do an HTML encoding on the text, some don't. Say, I want to show the string "<script> alter("test") <script>". For a "BoundColumn" used in DataGrid, I get an alert box instead of the string. But for "TextBox" control, ...more >>

I have two secure applications that reside on the same server. I am still learning .Net as I go, so I could use some help. I want to be able to login to the first application, then when I have found the specific piece of info I need, I would like to click a link that would launch the second ap...more >>

Has anyone seen any good examples of how to stop someone from stealing the session id to hijack the session? Thanks......more >>

Hello, How is the best solution to store the credit card´s info in ASP.NET for E-commerce site? What kind of cryptography methods, manipulted with xml, that I could use??? I Look in many sites, but I could´t find any help Thx! Samir ...more >>