06 November 2009
Configuring FTP 7.5 with Host Header and SSL
FTP 7.5 comes with new features like Host header and SSL. I recently saw some cases coming in from our customers on this. Scanning the Internet made me realize that we need more information posted on this as far as the configuration is concerned. If you Read More...
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23 October 2009
WWW Service not listed in the Services console (IIS 6.0)?
This post is a continuation to the series on IIS service startup issues. I did not feel like writing it since we haven’t seen much cases on this type of behavior and I thought this could be one of those rare issues which always happens with IIS but my Read More...
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16 September 2009
Using System.Net trace configuration file to troubleshoot Certificate errors in ASP.Net
System.Net trace configuration feature in ASP.Net 2.0 onwards is extremely useful when dealing with certificate related errors. Jeff P. Sanders from WinInet/System.Net API Escalation team has written this valuable post for troubleshooting ASP.Net certificate Read More...
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30 August 2009
Been away for a while…
I was away for a while now in the wilderness of the Himalayas. I was out covering Leh, Ladakh and Kashmir by road (alas, not biking which I badly missed). Ladakh is one of those places one should not miss and that too its journey via road. It has its Read More...
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03 July 2009
Required permissions when calling a Web service using client certificate for authentication in an ASP.NET Web application
A Web service requiring Client certificate authentication is a common scenario. You may have a client application which needs to send the Client certificate as part of the web request for accessing the web service. This client application may be a Windows/Console Read More...
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13 June 2009
Avoid this confusion around Client certificate mapping in IIS 6.0/7.0
I just wanted to add this quick post around Client certificate Mapping on IIS. This is focused on 1-to-1/Many-to-1 mapping in IIS 6.0/7.0. If you are interested to know more about configuring Client certificate mapping in IIS 6.0 please check this post Read More...
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23 April 2009
Visual Studio 2005/2008 IDE: Web Controls in the Toolbox seen grayed out for Asp.Net projects ?
Here is a quick post that may help you save few hours if you get into this problem. Symptoms -- Out of blue you realize that when you try to create and open a new Web site/Web Application project we do not see any of the Web controls in the Toolbox. It Read More...
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11 April 2009
Automate client certificate one-to-one mapping in IIS 6.0 using C#
In PSS, we occasionally get requests from our customers wherein they want to automatically add entries for client certificate mapping in IIS or Active Directory (AD). That is either a 1-to-1, Many-to-1 or AD mapping for the client certificate authentication Read More...
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08 April 2009
Unable to load DLL 'bcrypt.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
I recently had the privilege to get access to a machine from a colleague of mine. It was a Windows server 2003 server and I had to test some ASP.Net application for one of my pet projects. I was focusing completely on the project at hand before I was Read More...
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19 March 2009
Asp.Net Request routing implementation fails with Null Reference exception
I recently had the pleasure of working on the implementation of Asp.Net Request Routing feature that comes in bundled with .Net Framework 3.5 SP1. This is a cool stuff wherein care has been taken to ensure it can be used independently of MVC Framework. Read More...
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10 March 2009
Considering hosting Web based services on IIS 7.0?
If you are contemplating to move over (upgrade) to IIS 7.0 from your existing Web hosting on either IIS 5.0 or 6.0 this is a very useful Technical White Paper link. It talks about various aspects of improvements in IIS 7.0 dealing with Management, Performance, Read More...
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07 March 2009
Some Info around WebDAV content access issues
If you have a Web folder (WebDAV) hosted on IIS using Basic Authentication there are a few things you need to ensure such that any client accessing the resource does not get into failures. If your WebDAV site is restricted using Basic authentication and Read More...
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17 February 2009
Increase the concurrent connections limit for IIS FTP site if you see server reset
If you have a FTP site hosted on IIS which receives a burst of client connections at specific intervals and you see the connections getting reset from server-end please read on. Let's say you have over 1500 concurrent FTP client connections being made Read More...
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30 January 2009
Getting fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib'
I was a happy man until a few hours back when I was playing with some C, C++ programs built using Visual Studio 2008 on my work and home machines. I could write some program on my workstation, copy the solution to my personal laptop at home and thereby Read More...
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09 January 2009
New features in SETSPN.EXE on Windows Server 2008
The version of Setspn.exe that came with Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 Support Tools did not have features to detect duplicate SPNs. The new version of Setspn.exe that comes bundled with Windows Server 2008 utilities has some really cool features. Read More...
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