I am working with ADAM and have successfully setup a user using the Proxy Bind Redirection with AD, based on the MSFT step-by-step guide. Is anyone aware of how to setup up the Proxy Bind for users in ADAM programmatically? I have written VBS scripts to set up non-binding users, OUs, set attribute...more >>

RSACryptoProvider creation problem: I used some code for RSACryptoProvider creation with smart card and CAPICOM COM object The code worked well in Framework 1.1 but when I tried the same code in Framework 2.0 I got an following Cryptographic exception: "Unable to open the access token of the c...more >>

Hi Our application crashes when running it from a remote pc (\\server\app\app.exe), but when I run it from my pc (c:\app\app.exe) it is fine. It seem to happen when we use ADO.Net Any ideas? Thanks...more >>

Hi, I am learning C#, .NET 2.0, and Winforms to learn the things that are covered by the MCTS exam 70-536. I am writing a client server Quicken like application where the user's account files are saved on the server. I am now looking at encryption for the sending of the user data between the...more >>

I am using ASP.NET 1.1. I am trying to manipulate remote shared folders and files through UNC format. For example: //server/dir1/abc.txt When I ran my c# code, I got an error: Unknown user name or bad password When I searched the Internet and it appears I can use Impersonate to change...more >>

I'm trying to create an instance of System.Web.Services.Description.ServiceDescriptionImporter (in .Net 1.1) in an assembly that refuses all permissions and then requests the individual ones it needs. Problem is, when I do this, I get a security demand as soon as I call the method that conta...more >>

I have several business layer assemblies that I would like to share in several different web applications. I plan to strong name them and install them in the GAC. My understanding is the web applications run with Full Trust and will be able to call methods in the business layer assemblies. ...more >>

Hi everybody, I'm developing an ASP.NET application which calls business components in a remote server located at the DMZ (this is, a non domain member server). The problem I'm facing is that because the server is not a domain member, it is not able to access the active directory in order ...more >>

I have been experiencing conflict between Flash 9 and .NET2 programing parameters! I believe that the critical security updates that Microsoft is downloading into my P.C. are the problem! (and not the cure they are touting them as!) I have always trusted msn security and have my P.C. set to r...more >>

Hi all, just scanned the postings and i'm alittle suprised. There seams to be no way, to make a user logon/authenticate at a domain WITHOUT the user making his username AND PASSWORD available to the application initiating the logon/ authentication process.... Is that right? I'm referi...more >>

Hi, First of all, i must tell you I'm so newbie in this fields. I've some knowledge, but it's not so much. I have a SOA architecture in .net 2.0, i have a frontend made in PHP. The users access to frontend using a smartcard that has a certificate x509v3. The frontend read this and send to ...more >>

Hi, Wanted to deploy a console application and give it the least amount of privileges to run successfully. It calls some other 3rd party programs like gpg.exe, wsftppro.exe. These programs are all installed on the machine. The console app calls these programs fine if I use my credentials (Ad...more >>

Currently we are working on a secure application (SSL, Client Certs all that good jazz) when we discovered IE7 has an issue reporting the referring url when an Invalid SSL certificate is encountered. The solution we have come up with will pass a hashed value as a querystring to the validation ap...more >>

Hi all, I want to protect my web.config - connectionStrings section like in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dtkwfdky(VS.80).aspx - with RSAProtectedConfigurationProvider. But i don't want to use the decryptKey+validationKey from that example. How can I generate my own keys ? An ...more >>

Hi, I have a certificate and it's private key. I'm accessing my certificate and my private key using the X509Certificate2. My problem is: I can't pass to the RsaCryptoServiceProvider class my Private and Public key. How can i do it ? Thanks in advance, Victor ...more >>

Hi I am trying to bypass Forms Authentication on certain pages programmatically. Any thoughts will be appreciated. Thanks, AJ...more >>

Do any microsoft buildtime dependancies C#/C/c++/VB/etc. need to be updated for the 2007 policy on daylight savings time? I know the OS needs to be updated but I care now about C libraries, .net binaries, etc. that microsoft maintains which have coded in them logic around datetime. e.g. the C...more >>

I have what I hope to be a simple question. I'm currently working on a project that uses IIS to request a Client Cert (X509) from a CAC/ Smartcard. However, we want to get away from IIS mandating this requirement and have ASP.NET (C#) request this cert from the client. Is there anyway in .NET to...more >>

What is the best book out there right now on .Net Security? I am looking for something that covers more from the developer angle and is current. Bill ...more >>

After having installed the Jan 31st 2007 Root Update on Windows 2003 Server I've lost the possibility to use almost all my client certificates when accessing https pages of web sites on my machine. Only certs from a given CA are displayed. Not those from my local CA for instance. The CA ce...more >>

I am trying to make web service calls via HttpWebRequest to a secure server that requires a client certificate. The server appears to be a Sun-ONE-Web-Server/6.1 and I am told that they are using a Nortel SSL accelerator. The client is an ASP.NET application running on IIS6 / windows 2003. I ...more >>

Hi, id like to know why sometimes encrypted data looks like the 'normal' encrypted stuff (e.g. Z€Õ1Ù0}“Oy1Çø¡D+[
‹Uö¶’XNb¹CnÁŠ€h}°ì˜_œ ̏ƒ=]œ{qÅ) and sometimes the are nearly only squares if I use the default-windows-editor to view within the file. And thi...more >>

Hello! In my application I need to impersonate a user whose credentials (username, domain, password) are stored somewhere in an encrypted form. My research in MSDN and other internet resources always showed the need of importing the "LogonUser" function via P/Invoke for creating the handle t...more >>

Hi, I have a problem getting the private key associated with a certificate I get using IEnroll interface. After retrieving the certificate I want to use an RSACryptoServiceProvider to digitally sign content. I need either the private key data or the PrivateKey property of the X509Certificate...more >>

try to remove unwanted items but error 0x8050800f shows ...more >>

Last week Live One Care said my subscrition was expired. Live's site shows it is not. Now it shows status as good, however, when I open Live One Care, Defender is no longer there, and every time I boot up my pc, I get a message that Defender is not turned on. I click on the option to turn o...more >>

Hi, When a user belongs to local admin, but not domain admin group, can I still use windowsidentity.groups or windowsprincipal.isinrole? The thing is that I need to make sure that the user belongs to domain admin group(the builtin administrators group in a domain). If I use windowsIdentity ...more >>