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Client side certificate with strong key protection and WebServices
17 February 05 10:46 AM | adarshk | 5 Comments   

When you are writing application to run as service or middle tier, which is using client certificates. You should not enable strong key protection during certificate installation. Strong key protection is the way you are informing the system that whenever Read More...

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Understanding HttpWebRequest Connection Management and ServicepointManager
02 January 05 02:34 AM | adarshk | 6 Comments   

If you are looking for some information on understanding the basics of HttpWebRequest connection management and servicepointmanager, I just posted an article which could be useful for you. http://blogs.msdn.com/adarshk/articles/345411.aspx This is first Read More...

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Understanding System.Net Connection Management and ServicepointManager
02 January 05 02:20 AM | adarshk | 26 Comments   

If you are already using System.Net.HttpWebRequest class and familiar with request/response programming model for WebRequest in .net frameworks, you might be interested in getting inside the connection management handling of HttpWebRequest and to understand Read More...

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HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() gives "HTTP protocol violation" error after .net frameworks service packs
08 November 04 12:44 PM | adarshk | 3 Comments   

This blog is valid for users of .Net frameworks 1.0 SP3 and .Net frameworks 1.1 SP1 The error is really because server is sending response with bad header format, which violates the http protocol specifications. These changes had been made to disallow Read More...

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Using SSL client certificate in WebRequest and WebServices without certificate installation
01 September 04 01:21 PM | adarshk | 1 Comments   

If you are using .Net frameworks 1.0 or 1.1, certificate must be installed on either User store or Machine Store. This posting is only valid for v2.0. In version 2.0 (Currently released Whidbey Beta1) user have option to use the certificate which contain Read More...

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Establishing cookie based session with WebServices and HttpWebRequest
24 August 04 04:18 PM | adarshk | 75 Comments   

Create cookie based session with HttpWebRequest One common requirement for Http based application to maintain the session state within the application, if your http based application is using the System.Net.HttpWebRequest class, then you could use Cookiecontainer Read More...

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SSL https requests with client certificates from ASP.NET
19 July 04 02:10 PM | adarshk | 17 Comments   

Problem Applications making https request from .net web applications (.aspx pages) are not able to use client certificates. Cause Client certificates are linked to user accounts, ASPX is running under ASPNET account, this account can’t access the certificates Read More...

Filed under: Net class library, SSL, HttpWebRequest