Monthly Archives: March 2009

Prove it

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Clive Tong

I spent a little time at the weekend experimenting with secuing a remoting connection. A secure mode was added to remoting in .NET version 2, but I have not used it in the past. Like most exploratory scenarios, it was … Continue reading →

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It might be secure

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Clive Tong

Programming Windows Security by Keith BrownThis is fairly old book now, it was published in 2000, but it covers a range of security topics very well. Of particular interest to me were the sections on Windows security by way of … Continue reading →

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That might be true

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Clive Tong

Understanding probability: Change Rules in Everyday Life by Henk Tijms In my constant quest to improve my hit rate for the IBM Ponder challenge I thought it was time to revise some probability theory. This book is truely outstanding. Its … Continue reading →

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You will keep count won’t you

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Clive Tong

We were having a discussion at work the other day regarding one of the low level Marshal functions for doing COM operations in .NET, the GetObjectForIUnknown function. This takes an IntPtr containing the address of a COM object and wraps it … Continue reading →

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Some low level surgery on F#

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Clive Tong

It’s been a bit annoying, not being able to try out the F# web tools as I documented here. At the weekend, I decided to jump in and see if there was anything more I could do. Note that I am … Continue reading →

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Just like busses

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Clive Tong

Two great posts from fellow Red Gate people, both posted on the same day and both with the potential of generating lively discussions. The Greasy Pole hits the nail on the head regarding developers and why management shouldn’t be the only … Continue reading →

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Ajax without the ‘j’

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Clive Tong

I’ve been meaning to dive deeper into the meta-programming side of F# for some time, in particular to try to finish off a side-project I started work on some time ago. In my stash of papers that I intend to … Continue reading →

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