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Microsoft Progress Report: Security

Bill Gates published an Executive E-mail today, discussing Microsoft's progress on the security front: Microsoft Progress Report: Security Given human nature, evolving threat models and the increasing interconnectedness of computers, the number of security Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 31, 2004 7:36 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Visiting the Mouse

For anybody who cares, I'm starting the second week of a two week vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. So far I've taken the kids to all four of the Disney parks. (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, MGM, Animal Kingdom) We are having a blast. Tomorrow Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:58 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments

Tom Archer on Converting Numeric and String Data

Tom Archer has a new tip up on CodeGuru.com that deals with converting numeric and string data via sockets: C++ Tip: Receiving & Converting Numeric and String Data via Sockets ...when you start sending and receiving numeric data via sockets, you have Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 28, 2004 10:21 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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The Economics of Privacy

JC Cannon pointed me to this great list of privacy resources built by Alessandro Acquisti of Carnegie Mellon University. The Economics of Privacy Is there a combination of economic incentives and technological solutions to privacy issues that is acceptable Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:42 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 Technical Preview

A Technical Preview of Windows XP Service Pack 2 is now available for download from Microsoft.com. You can find more information on this page . Keep in mind that this version of the service pack is available only as a preview for computer professionals Read More...
Posted Friday, March 19, 2004 1:28 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments
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Port Reporter Utility

As Sean mentions in his post, this utility has been making the blog rounds and it seems to be very popular. I'll probably add it the the Security Developer Center downloads page when I get a chance. Port Reporter Several other people are blogging about Read More...
Posted Friday, March 19, 2004 11:01 AM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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Rob on VC IDE Testing

Rob, one of the Five Testers from VC , has posted a blog entry which looks to become a multi-part piece on on testing the IDE in Visual C++. I think this blog provides some very interesting insights into how testers think about things. VC IDE testing Read More...
Posted Friday, March 19, 2004 10:27 AM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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SPOT Sports Channel

The MSN Direct Sports Channel went live. If you're an MSN Direct subscriber, you can add the channel to your watch from the Web page. Basketball for now, baseball at a later date. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:43 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Tablet is Back!

Well, my Tablet PC has been shipped and returned with Looney Tunes speed. Gateway really came through on this fix with absolutely no hassle. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:39 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments

Crypto-Gram Has an RSS Feed

Shawn sent me a note this morning to let me know that Bruce Schneier now as an RSS feed for his Crypto-Gram Newsletter. I see that Anil also has this on his blog . While I don't agree with everything that Bruce has to say about security, I definitely Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:04 PM by Brianjo | 4 Comments
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Visual C++ FAQ

Today we updated the Visual C++ Frequently Asked Questions page. If you have any questions that you want added to the list, go ahead and ask them here and I'll try to get them added to the list. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:52 PM by Brianjo | 23 Comments
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MBSA Chat on Wednesday

There's an MBSA chat tomorrow at 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time (22:00 UTC/GMT). You can read more about it on the Microsoft Chats page. This is a very important tool for determining the security status of your workstations and servers. MBSA (Microsoft Baseline Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:37 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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Tim Bray at Sun

I see today that Tim Bray is now working for Sun . It's an interesting world we live in. :) Read More...
Posted Monday, March 15, 2004 11:40 PM by Brianjo | 5 Comments

DLL Tutorial on The Code Project

People ask about accessing DLLs all the time and now there's a clear little tutorial on The Code Project on just that subject: Regular DLL Tutor For Beginners This tutorial is in five parts. It gives a step by step procedure for developing a Win32 DLL Read More...
Posted Monday, March 15, 2004 11:30 PM by Brianjo | 5 Comments
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New Article

Today we started headlining Kang Su Gatlin's article, Profile-Guided Optimization with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 on the Visual C++ Developer Center . You'll definitely want to take a look at this article for an introduction to this topic. You'll notice Read More...
Posted Monday, March 15, 2004 11:17 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Reminder: Visual C++ Webcast Tomorrow

Just a reminder... be sure to check out the Visual C++ webcast tomorrow (Monday, March 15th): MSDN Webcast: Managed and Native code in Longhorn – Roadmap for Existing C/C++ Applications Join Microsoft® experts from the Visual C++® Product Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:33 PM by Brianjo | 4 Comments

Application Security Best Practices at Microsoft

Microsoft has published another paper from the IT group describing some of their best practices and experiences. The download page links to a paper and a PowerPoint presentation. From the Lessons Learned section of the paper: Microsoft IT's effort to Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 13, 2004 10:09 AM by Brianjo | 5 Comments
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New Security Developer Center Page Design is Live

As I mentioned a few days ago, we've redesigned the Security Developer Center to include my weblog along with a few other new features. My site manager Mark Olwick really made this possible and I couldn't be happier with the result. A quick tour of the Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 11, 2004 4:22 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Stan Lippman on Boxed Value Types

Stan answers a reader comment on value types. Cutting to the chase... Having the right Type Vocabulary to discuss Boxed Value Types ... In the revised language, currently under ECMA standardization as C++/CLI, implicit boxing is supported, and the general Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:36 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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IIS 6 Security on SecurityFocus

There's an article by Rohyt Belani and Michael Muckin up on SecurityFocus that provides a great overview of the security features of IIS 6.0. From the conclusion: IIS 6.0 Security ...IIS 6.0 is a step in the right direction, by Microsoft, to help organizations Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:47 PM by Brianjo | 5 Comments
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Security Bulletins for March

We put out three new security bulletins today: MS04-010: Vulnerability in MSN Messenger Could Allow Information Disclosure (838512) MS04-009: Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Code Execution (828040) MS04-008: Vulnerability in Windows Media Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 09, 2004 10:09 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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MSN Sandbox

There's a cool MSN Sandbox site that features new stuff from MSN. I find this technology getting better all the time. It's fun to see the new stuff these guys are coming up with. Currently the site features the Newsbot, the MSN Toolbar, 3 Degrees, NetScan, Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 09, 2004 12:18 AM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

My Blog on the Security Developer Center

We're adding my blog to the Security Developer Center later this week. I'll post when it goes live. We've added content strategist blogs to a number of the MSDN Developer Centers and it's turing out to be a great way for us to highlight content on the Read More...
Posted Monday, March 08, 2004 10:58 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Tablet PC Going in for Repairs

Well, my Tablet PC is once again going in for repairs. This time it's the power switch. The machine has been working flawlessly since I had the digitzer fixed last year. All of the sudden, sliding the power switch doesn't provide much resistance and the Read More...
Posted Monday, March 08, 2004 10:35 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments

Upcoming Security Webcasts

Anil John has kindly created a list of upcoming Security and Architecture Webcasts . Here are the Security Webcasts scheduled for this week: Computer Crime and Security - Level 200 March 09, 9:00 A.M. Protecting Your System from SQL Injection Attacks Read More...
Posted Monday, March 08, 2004 10:19 PM by Brianjo | 5 Comments
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Yves on Reading Modern C++ Design

I meant to blog about this last week as some recommended weekend reading, but I was sick on Friday and so I put it off. Yves Dolce posted last week that he was reading Modern C++ Design: Modern C++ Design A dev lead in the C++ team advised me to look Read More...
Posted Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:39 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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Josh Shepard on Custom Build Steps and Build Events

Josh Shepard continues his discussion of the Visual C++ project system: understanding the VC project system part VI: custom build steps and build events to set a custom build step, go to the project properties dialog with either the project or a file Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 04, 2004 5:06 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments
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SPOT Review in the Chicago Sun-Times

Well written, entertaining, and it includes some quotes. WATCHMAKERS ARM PRODUCTS "The goal (behind SPOT) was that we thought we could make everyday life better and more purposeful through the power of software," said Chris Schneider, senior program manager Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 04, 2004 4:43 PM by Brianjo | 2 Comments
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Baseball Already!

It just seems to come faster every year. :) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:25 PM by Brianjo | 0 Comments

Caller ID for E-Mail Spec

There's a page up for information related to Caller ID for E-Mail . From the page: Caller ID for e-mail would verify that each e-mail message originates from the Internet domain it claims to come from. Eliminating domain spoofing will help legitimate Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:19 PM by Brianjo | 4 Comments
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Eric Lippert on Cargo Cult Programming

This blog posting from Eric Lippert has a ton of good advice for new programmers. It's not specific to C++, but the principles all apply: Syntax, Semantics, Micronesian cults and Novice Programmers There are lots of cargo cult programmers -- programmers Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:36 PM by Brianjo | 1 Comments
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Anil John on ASP.NET and XSS

Anil John posted some observations about cross-site scripting attacks and the mitigations offered by ASP.NET 1.1. Matt Lyons did an XSS demo explaining some of this at the 2003 PDC Security Symposium. His demo is in the middle session: SECSYM2 - Security Read More...
Posted Monday, March 01, 2004 9:01 PM by Brianjo | 3 Comments
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