Monthly Archives: April 2011

What I don’t like about WIF’s Claims-based Authorization

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Dominick Baier

In my last post I wrote about what I like about WIF’s proposed approach to authorization – I also said that I definitely would build upon that infrastructure for my own systems. But implementing such a system is a little … Continue reading →

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What I like about WIF’s Claims-based Authorization

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Dominick Baier

In “traditional” .NET with its IPrincipal interface and IsInRole method, developers were encouraged to write code like this: public void AddCustomer(Customer customer){    if (Thread.CurrentPrincipal.IsInRole(“Sales”))    {        // add customer    }} In code reviews I’ve seen tons of code like this. What I … Continue reading →

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Kryptographie für .NET Entwickler auf Channel9

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Dominick Baier

Der zweite Schwung Videos von meinem Besuch bei Microsoft in München ist nun auch fertig. Teil 1 – Historie, symmetrische Kryptografie und Hashing (http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Lori/Kryptografie-Teil-1) Teil 2 – asymmetrische Krypografie, X.509 Zertifikate, PKCS und SSL (http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Lori/Kryptografie-Teil-2)

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Access Control Service V2 and Facebook Integration

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Dominick Baier

I haven’t been blogging about ACS2 in the past because it was not released and I was kinda busy with other stuff. Needless to say I spent quite some time with ACS2 already (both in customer situations as well as … Continue reading →

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TechDays 2011 Sweden Videos

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Dominick Baier

All the videos from the excellent Örebro event are now online. Dominick Baier: A Technical Introduction to the Windows Identity Foundation (watch) Dominick Baier & Christian Weyer: Securing REST-Services and Web APIs on the Windows Azure Platform (watch) Christian Weyer: … Continue reading →

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IdentityServer CTP 1 Refresh

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dominick Baier

I uploaded a small refresh of IdentityServer to Codeplex. Mostly bug fixes and an experimental OAuth 2 (WRAP) endpoint. I also included a sample RP to go along.

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Using Robocopy to Backup to a NAS

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dominick Baier

When using Robocopy to backup data to a NAS, I always had the problem that most files were considered “old” on the NAS device (even if they weren’t) – that kind of defeats the purpose of the /MIR switch. Today … Continue reading →

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Windows Security Videos auf Channel 9

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Dominick Baier

Ich habe vor ein paar Wochen mit Lori drei Videos zum Thema Windows Security für Entwickler aufgenommen – die sind nun Online. Der erste Teil beschäftigt sich mit den absoluten Grundlagen der Windows Sicherheit. Was ist ein Konto? Was ist … Continue reading →

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TechDays Sweden 2011

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Dominick Baier

We had a really good time in Sweden. Thanks for Microsoft and the organizers/staff! Robert did a short interview with Christian and me. Enjoy ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGFaX_2GIPw

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Progress on Thinktecture IdentityServer

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Dominick Baier

I just uploaded the very first CTP1 of thinktecture IdentityServer to codeplex. I wanted to make this code available to gather feedback and extended review. Keep in mind it is not done yet. I also recorded an intro screencast that … Continue reading →

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