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October 2007 - Posts

Trustworthy Computing: Lessons learned so far

"Five years ago, Bill Gates issued a memo to all Microsoft employees explaining the importance of building more secure software. Since then, many people across Microsoft have worked to improve the security of their products. In doing so, we've learned Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Creating a Custom Fuzz Test Interface Provider

These days, fuzzing is most frequently used to validate file and network parsers - literally piping a random source of binary data into the parser and then seeing what happens. In the November issue of MSDN Magazine, Dan Griffin takes a look at the extensibility Read More...
Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 0 Comments

Code Reviews Help Find and Fix Vulnerabilities in Your Apps

Small coding errors can result in critical vulnerabilities that can compromise the security of not just entire systems, but even entire companies. Security vulnerabilities are not typically caused by a single error, but rather by a sequence of errors Read More...
Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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CLR Inside Out: Managing .NET object lifetime

Although the .NET Framework provides a managed execution environment, it is important to use resources carefully and consider whether you need to proactively manage the lifetime of any objects created by your code. In the November issue of MSDN Magazine, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 2 Comments
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Analyze Crashes to Find Security Vulnerabilities in Your Apps

How can you make sure a crash in your program is not exploitable? The short answer is simple: assume every crash is exploitable and just fix it! In the November issue of MSDN Magazine, Adel Abouchaev , Damien Hasse , Scott Lambert , and Greg Wroblewski Read More...
Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Now hiring: Senior Editor for MSDN Magazine

MSDN Magazine is actively seeking a new Senior Editor to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal roll in the continued growth and success of the world's leading publication for Microsoft developers. As a Senior Editor, your responsibilities Read More...
Posted Friday, October 19, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 7 Comments
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MOSS 2007 workflow development training

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 is an industry leading platform for collaboration, but it's also a powerful application platform for .NET developers. One of the new features of MOSS 2007 is the ability to include custom forms in workflows Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:05 PM by MSDNMagazine | 2 Comments
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Bugslayer: Measuring the Impact of View State

The .NET Framework is often thought of as an environment where you don't have to think about memory, yet memory issues continue to plague managed applications. Why? In the November issue of MSDN Magazine, John Robbins presents a tool that lets you look Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Concurrent Affairs: Simplified asynchronous programming model (APM) with C#

Performing I/O-bound operations asynchronously is key to producing scalable and responsive applications, and the APM allows you to use a very small number of threads to execute a large amount of work without blocking any of the threads. In the November Read More...
Posted Monday, October 15, 2007 12:00 PM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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November 2007 MSDN Magazine now online

The November 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/11/default.aspx . November brings our 2007 Security Issue, featuring a range of security related topics from code review best practices to Read More...
Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 12:00 PM by MSDNMagazine | 3 Comments

Windows Mobile: Adjust ring volume according to the ambient noise level

Doesn't it always seem like, when you're having a quiet, relaxing moment, your mobile phone starts ringing at full volume? So much for mellowing out. Or you're in a crowded room and your phone rings too quietly to hear? That was your date calling? She's Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:00 PM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments

Test Run: Test automation with Windows XP Embedded

Windows XP Embedded is essentially a developer-customized, slimmed-down version of the Windows XP operating system intended for use on devices like game consoles, information kiosks, network appliances, and the like. With the rapid growth in the use of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 4 Comments

Improve Scalability With New Thread Pool APIs

Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows Server 2008 include a new thread pool API that should make it much easier for developers to employ the thread pool effectively. In the October issue of MSDN Magazine, Robert Saccone shows you how the new thread pool Read More...
Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 2 Comments

Optimizing Managed Code For Multi-Core Machines

Multi-cpu systems and multicore processors are becoming ever more common, but writing code that actually takes advantage of those multiple processors is still considered arcane and unintuitive. In the October issue of MSDN Magazine, Daan Leijen and Judd Read More...
Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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Basic Instincts: Type inference in Visual Basic 2008

To support Language Integrated Query (LINQ), a suite of new technologies was added to the upcoming release of Visual Basic 2008 that includes type inference. With type inference, the types of method-level members are inferred based on the right-hand side Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments

.NET Matters: Deadlock monitor

A reader asks: I'm using locks in my application to synchronize work on a bunch of threads. Unfortunately, I'm doing something incorrectly and my threads seem to just stop sometimes. I think I'm running into deadlocks, but I'm not sure how to find them. Read More...
Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 7:00 AM by MSDNMagazine | 1 Comments
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