Monthly Archives: December 2009

Beware of WIF HTTP Modules and Default Configuration

Most samples I know of – as well as FedUtil generated configuration set a preCondition=”managedHandler” for the WIF HTTP modules. This means that the modules (and thus the protection of the requested resource) only kicks in for “managed” content like … Continue reading

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WIF Configuration – Part 3: Extensibility

Some of the WIF configuration elements support extensibility. This means that you can attach arbitrary XML child elements to the configuration elements. When this is the case, the WIF configuration system creates the piece of plumbing in question using a … Continue reading

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WIF Configuration – Part 2: SecurityTokenHandlerConfiguration

The workhorse of WIF are security token handler. Again token handler can be use independently of the WIF configuration system – or together. The “stand-alone” use caseYou can simply new up a token handler (e.g. the SAML 1.1 handler) in … Continue reading

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WIF Configuration – Part 1: ServiceConfiguration

WIF supports a flexible configuration system and various ways to programmatically interact with that configuration. This flexibility comes in two ways: Named configuration elements that you can selectively load (service & token handler configuration) Configuration extensibility (e.g. for token handlers, … Continue reading

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Troopers10

The annual Troopers conference takes place in my home town – Heidelberg – this year. nice ;) If you wanna know more about all things security wrt e.g. Blackberry, SSL/TLS, outsourcing, rootkits, botnets, SAP, cloud computing, you name it. This … Continue reading

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Baier & Weyer on WIF

We had the pleasure to have a chat with Richard and Carl about what’s nearest and dearest to my heart – WIF ;) Enjoy… http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=503

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