Garrett Serack: Open Source Development at Microsoft

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I've started a new blog, that is more encompassing of everything I do, not just my CardSpace duties. You can find it at http://fearthecowboy.com g Garrett Serack | Program Manager |Federated Identity Team | Microsoft Corporation...

A funny thing happened a while back... I had a request from Scott Hanselman to decrypt and consume a security token created by Windows CardSpace, but do it on ASP.NET 1.1. Well, having written the code to do that on .NET 3.0, I figured, heck, how hard...

Hopefully, that got your attention. We're starting to sketch out designs for the next version of CardSpace. I'm starting a thread on our forums and makin' it sticky so we can continue a dialog around new features. Now, I realize that CardSpace ain...

The .NET 3.0 Framework Release Candidate 1 has been uh, released! I'll be posting a "New for CardSpace in RC1" document tomorrow, and in the next couple of days, I'll post the samples revised as well. Get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

A couple of minor glitches in the Simple STS Sample: Errata #1: if you downloaded the sample before 8:30PM PST AUG 21 2006, there is one little error: In the Sample.htm file in the website\cardspace directory, the object tag should read: <object type...

I've added a new Simple STS sample to the Windows CardSpace community website at : http://cardspace.netfx3.com/files/38/default.aspx . This should let everyone start building managed card support with a proof-of-concept STS. http://cardspace.netfx3...

I originally wrote this as a comment to Pamela's blog , but I thought it was interesting enough to stand alone. Quoting from her post : The AOL search data scandal is a welcome wakeup call. It is useful to remember that even a common, theoretically...

You can find a new CardSpace sample that shows the nitty-gritty of decrypting a SecurityToken: http://cardspace.netfx3.com/files/folders/samples-july-ctp/entry5152.aspx This contains the code for a new Token class, (derived from TokenHelper) which...

I've got several people interested in contributing to ScintillaNET, now what we need to do is build a roadmap. I need to know what kinds of things that we should be putting into this next version, (including things in older versions, or stuff you...

I had the question recently asked of me: When using an STS (Security Token Server), the PPID (PrivatePersonalIdentifier) is under the control of the STS. In other words, an STS has to take note of the RP (Relying Party) it is identifying for and...

I've come across the same issue three times in the last two days, so it's bloggin' time! CardSpace requires that the user's profile is on an NTFS drive. Currently, the problem you see if your profile is on FAT32, is that the CardSpace Identity selector...

Vittorio and I sat down and expanded his exploration on the managed card creation, and we came up with a Sample that details out what-you-need to know about creating managed Information Cards. Check it out: http://wcs.netfx3.com/files/folders/samples...

I've posted a July-CTP ready version of my Introdouction to CardSpace with Internet Explorer 7.0. It's a fantastic primer on getting started with CardSpace, I hope you'll check it out; http://wcs.netfx3.com/files/folders/samples-july-ctp/entry4898...

Logging into a Website When signing into a website using CardSpace, the website has the choice of accepting two card types, Personal Cards or Managed Cards. Personal Cards are ones that you create the claim values yourself, support only a fixed...

I think I'll take a moment to plug a little peice of software that I'd built in the past, that I'm reviving and shoring up. ScintillaNET is a .NET binding for a fantastic little color-syntax-highlighting editor component called Scintilla. Scintilla...

I hacked out this a few weeks back, and never got around to publishing it. I've not decided that this is the 'official' way to detect Information Card support in a browser, but it'll do until I can think of something better. I'd say something like...

I had some trouble lately with scripts running on a 64bit version of Vista, when they were run with a 32 bit parent host process. After figuring out what was wrong, I wanted to be able to detect if I was running a 32-bit script engine under a 64-bit...

Ok, these ones are pretty cool. It took me a few more hours than I thought, but it was worth it. The scripts in the zip file are javascripts which surround another language, and allow you to write .NET applications, but distribute simple text files...

I’m blogging today from the speaker lounge at TechEd 2006! It’s been a hectic couple of months, but I needed to take the time to update you about a few of the things in the InfoCard world—The first of which is the new Name : Windows CardSpace . CardSpace...

Hey Everybody! I’ve made the big time, I’m on Channel 9. (AAAAAGH!) http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=165297 Unfortunately, I was waaaaaay to tired the day they did that interview, and I think I didn’t come over all that...

I'm still at RSA this morning, so if you are here, and hadn't got a chance to squeeze by into the InfoCard booth at the Microsoft Pavilion, get over here! It's been one heck of a wild ride so far, and everyone is going nuts over InfoCard. I'll get...

I'm in the airport in Seattle right now composing this, on my way to RSA in San Jose. Very exciting week coming up. In order to prepare for the content leading up to Mix/06, I'm going to start covering concepts and code samples in order to get everyone...

Well, with the new year firmly under way, I thought I should get around to getting everyone up to date on the InfoCard front. We've been extremely busy on the InfoCard team, and it's going to really show when you all get to see the progress that...

Howdy, I just wanted to introduce myself, I'm Garrett Serack, and I'm the new Infocard Community Program Manager. I figured I'd better start posting on the blog here, 'cause folks are already starting to ask questions. :) I've just moved to Redmond...