Tuesday, November 30, 2004

"403.13 client certificate revoked" error message -- Windows Server 2003 and Internet Information Services 6.0

"403.13 client certificate revoked"



How to determine whether service packs are installed for your Microsoft .NET Framework installation?

Use MMC 1.2 to determine the version of the .NET Framework that is installed

The .NET Framework Configuration tool, a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, exposes the full version number, including service packs of the existing installation of the .NET Framework. This tool is only available on operating systems that have MMC 1.2 and later versions.

If your operating system is Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, you can download MMC 1.2 from the Microsoft Download Center.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:Download the Immc.exe package now.

For more info check: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318785

Saturday, November 27, 2004

Dotfuscator

Dotfuscator is an obfuscator for .NET assemblies.

Dotfuscator for the Microsoft .NET platform helps protect your program against reverse engineering while making it smaller and more efficient.
Check here for more info.

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Monitoring, Diagnosing & Troubleshooting Web services messages

AmberPoint Express Site is a free product for monitoring, diagnosing & troubleshooting Web services messages. It operates as a Visual Studio Add-in and is distributed by Microsoft with the forthcoming "Whidbey" beta of Visual Studio.
It helps developers that are building and deploying .NET Web services.
Some of its basic features include:
1. Performance Monitoring: View Web service performance in real time with easy-to-digest charts for response time, throughput and SOAP fault counts
2. Analysis: Gain a quick understanding of performance bottlenecks and errors from drilling down into SOAP messages from performance graphs
3. Diagnosis: Inspect SOAP messages for content, faults and errors in an easy-to-read fashion to understand and debug anomalous Web service behavior
4. Testing: Resubmit messages from history or auto-generate new SOAP messages based on WSDL to fine-tune Web services
5. Integrated with Visual Studio .NET
6. It is Free!!!

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Chat Transcripts

1. Enterprise Development
Topics include server products in the Windows Server System such as Windows Server 2003, SQL Server, and more.

2. Executive Chats
Chats with Microsoft Executives.

3. Graphics and Multimedia
Chats about DirectX and Multimedia topics.

4. Mobile and Embedded Development
Topics include mobile and embedded application development, .NET Compact Framework, Pocket PC, Windows CE .NET, Windows XP Embedded, and more.

5. .NET Development
Topics include general .NET development, .NET Framework, CLR, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, and Windows Forms.

6. Office Solutions Development
Topics include products in the Microsoft Office System, including Office and Access.

7. Other Topics
Chats on miscellaneous topics.

8. Training and Certification
Chats on training and certification topics.

9. Visual Tools and Languages
Topics include products in the Microsoft Visual Studio developer tools suite and language topics, including Visual Basic .NET, Visual C#, Visual C++ .NET, Visual J#, Visual SourceSafe, and Visual Studio .NET.

10. Windows Development
Topics include general Windows development, Windows hardware and drivers, and Windows Installer.

11. XML and Web Services
Topics include XML and Web Services.


Monday, November 22, 2004

Authentication and Access Control Diagnostics 1.0 (AuthDiag)

Authentication and authorization failures are common on Internet Information Services (IIS) platforms. AuthDiag is a tool designed to aid customers in effectively troubleshooting and determining the root cause of the problem.

AuthDiag 1.0 offers a robust tool that offers a efficient method for troubleshooting authentication on IIS 5.x and 6.0. It will analyze metabase configuration and system-wide policies and warn users of possible points of failure and guide them to resolving the problem.

For additional information on Authentication and Access Control Diagnostics 1.0, please refer to the following location on Microsoft's worldwide website:http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?prd=11472&pver=1.0&plcid=0x409&os=1&olcid=0x809&clcid=0x409

Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E90FE777-4A21-4066-BD22-B931F7572E9A&displaylang=en

Hacking: Fight Back

Check this article by Jesper Johansson which explains How Windows-based network might be hacked and How to Get a Hacker Out of Your Network. This article shows you how attackers can take advantage of your mistakes.

This will enable you to avoid the common pitfalls that criminal hackers exploit.

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Blogging -- After 2 Weeks!!!

I can't able to blog for the last 2 week ends, due to some FTP problems.
I tried all trips and tricks, finally my friend sudhakar helped me in fixing that problem.

So I am back again. Thanks Sudha ;)

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