Chris May

Here is another coding site: http://www.programmingtutorials.com/

This new site WWWCoder.com is supposed to be centered around portal development, but I don't see anything for rainbow portal.

Just go here

Just convert this into a BAT file:

cd program files
cd microsoft visual studio .net 2003
cd common7
cd tools
cd bin


makecert -r -pe -n "CN=users.walshgroup.com" -b 01/01/2000 -e 01/01/2036 -eku 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1 -ss my -sr localMachine -sky exchange -sp "Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider" -sy 12 usersCert.cer
echo finished



After you have the cer file, you need to do the following.

Export a Certificate and Public Key
Now that you have added the Certificates snap-in, you can export the key pair that your Web server is using (the certificate and public key). To do this, perform the following steps: Open the Certificates (Local Computer) snap-in you added in the last section, navigate to Personal, and then to Certificates.

You will see your Web server certificate denoted by the CN (Common Name) found in the Subject field of the certificate (using Internet Explorer 5.0, you can easily view the certificate to see the Common Name if you are unsure).

Right-click on the server certificate, select All Tasks, and then click Export.

When the wizard starts, click Next. Choose to export the private key, and then click Next. NOTE: If you export the certificate for use on an IIS Web server, do not select Require Strong Encryption. This option causes a password prompt every time an application attempts to access the private key, and causes IIS to fail.


The file format you will want to choose is the Personal Information Exchange (though you can select from several options). This will create a PFX file. Notice that you can export any certificates in the certification path by selecting the option on this screen. This is very handy if your certificate was issued by a non-trusted certificate authority (for example, Microsoft Certificate Server). Only choose delete the private key if the export is successful to be sure it is not left on the computer (for example if your migrating from one server to another).NOTE: If you do not select "Include all certificates in the certificate path if possible" and the issuer of the certificate is not trusted by your server, then you may notice that when the properties of the certificate are viewed, the "This certificate is issued to:" field may display "Windows does not have enough information about this certificate". This is by design and can be resolved by selecting "Include all certificates in the certificate path" while exporting the certificate.


The just import the file into IIS.



For more info, check out these urls http://www.inventec.ch/chdh/notes/14.htm and http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;232136.

As I'm sure you are aware... I had been predicting the flop that is now called Gigli for some before the movie trailers even came out.

Gigli, now in its 3rd week, has dropped to 63rd at the box office, taking in less money than than an IMAX film that is only showing at 3 theaters on the entire planet.

Man this is dumb.

In order to make a button work like a form submit button you need to add the following line of code to the page load event

RegisterHiddenField("__EVENTTARGET", Me.cmdButton.ClientID)

Where cmdButton is the ID of the button.

I've been working on some stuff with Flash and cryptography.

This site has some source code that implements the SHA1 hash method to produce a "one way" encryption method.

Here is an example of the RSA public key / private key encryption method if flash. (This won't work if you have Flash6 plugin, but once you recompile the source code, it works fine.)

This tool helps to get around the dumb-ass WinXP burning features to allow you to burn an ISO image to a CD.

This stuff is too funny to be true... but it is.

Actually, funny isn't the word. It's really sad.

How did this happen?

Just what it says CheapDevTools.com

This is a simple tutorial on using the .NET namespaces for sending mail

I didn't download either of these, but apparently they are available here

I was saying this months ago, before anything with this movie came out.

It seemed so clear to me.

Take two "superstars" that can't act, and that people really *don't* like, put them in a movie together, and then force feed the public daily reports about their love affair and pending marriage. It was clear from day 1 that this movie was doomed.

The people have spoken, the Internet Movie Database currently lists Gigli as THE WORST MOVIE IN THE HISTORY OF FILMS.

Great news... the courts ruled that ISPs Don't Have To Give Away The Identity of people who are suspected of downloading MP3s.

The RIAA is so fucking dumb... they could be making WAY more money than they are, but they are totally blowing it. They are clueless.

People would pay to download music, but that simply isn't an option for them, because of the RIAA.

DRM and trying to sue people to get them to stop using P2P just isn't going to work. They are dumb as hell if they think it will...

Amazon has the Archos Jukebox 10GB MP3 Player (I love it) for only $99 bucks .

I had left my old 6GB version of this one by Archos on the train, so I need to get another one.

This article does a good job covering the topic of protecting your code. It shows how easliy you can use a decompiler (posted on this site earlier) to view the source code of a .NET exe or dll. It then goes into some details about how you can use different tools for .NET Obfuscation to help make reverse engineering your code a little more difficult (including a string literal encryption option?).

This article describes how to use XML Serialization to persist objects.

This is the only article on XML Serialization that I have found that shows how to convert the object into a string rather than a file on the hard drive.