Clemens Vasters announced the newtelligence Web Service Extensions for ASP.NET. From the announcement: “…experimental implementation for WS-Security’s Kerberos and Username Authentication”. [Peter Drayton's Radio Weblog] Hey, this is very cool.  I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a WS-Security implementation, but it just hasn’t bubbled up the list of things to do…and it never [...]

A Santa Monica elementary school principal recently banned tag, saying the game can only be played under the strict supervision of physical education teachers and not at all during the lunch hour recess. That’s due to: one, the risk of injury; and two, a “self-esteem issue,” because whoever is “it” could be considered a “victim.” [...]

After my recent post on X++, I got a reply from Kimanzi Mati (the author of X++) with some interesting comments.  I have posted this reply in its entirety here, and I wanted to address a couple of the items here.Right now, all the XML data is public to the non-XML process that uses the [...]

Good news for WS_SECURITY. Sun switches gears on security. Microsoft, IBM and VeriSign submit a security specification for Web services to an industry standards body, a move that has won the backing of an unlikely supporter: Sun. [CNET News.com] [Sam Gentile's Radio Weblog]This is great news.  I’m still skeptical about Sun’s commitment to playing with [...]

A while ago I preached a bit about using transport-based authentication with web services, rather than custom header-based mechanisms.  Well, after a number of requests, I’ve posted a sample of using HTTP Basic authentication with web services, without using the built-in IIS support for Basic with Active Directory.  The sample is a .NET HTTP Module, [...]

.NET HTTP Module – sample code In my last mini-article on web services security, I talked a bit about using HTTP authentication mechanisms for web services.  I pointed out that it is not necessary to use Active Directory for this, and mentioned that the required code was not all that difficult.  I got a number [...]

x++: The World’s First Full XML-Based Programming Language Released!. Top XML Jun 24 2002 5:37PM ET [Moreover - XML and metadata news] It is…well…something I would never have suspected seeing.  [Justin Rudd's Radio Weblog]I’ll second that!  This is interesting…although I’m not completely sure I understand the point.  I do disagree with the scenario he lays [...]

The Big Secret. “An exclusive first look at Microsoft’s ambitious-and risky-plan to remake the personal computer to ensure security, privacy and intellectual property rights. Will you buy it?”By Steven Levy, Newsweek [sellsbrothers.com: Windows Developer News]It’s interesting to think about this in the context of a few of our states’ opinion that Microsoft is a monopoly.  [...]

A Rant on the .NET Certification Guides. I thought Microsoft wanted more people to pass their MCSD .NET certification exams. Apparently not, when you look at their .NET certification guide books. [Sam Gentile's Radio Weblog]I have mixed feelings about “certification guides” like the ones talked about in the article above.  I strongly feel that certification [...]

SOAP Faults with Headers Thanks again Greg for spurring the old brain juices.  [Justin Rudd's Radio Weblog]Glad I could help!