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Why would encrypting data result in a call to a Domain Controller
This KB article mentions an issue where signing or encrypting information may result in a network IO call to a Domain Controller.
Apparently the RSACryptoServiceProvider's SignData and VerifyData ...
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A simple example for showing the use of Data Execution Prevention (DEP) security feature
I am finding it really hard to figure out why we need a DEP!
Microsoft states this about DEP:
The primary benefit of DEP is to help prevent code execution from data
pages.
Typically, code ...
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What does a IT Security Pro need to know about .NET Code Access Security (CAS)?
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In .NET 1.0 through 3.5 administrators could administer the runtime security policy through mscorcfg. Aparrently many of these security features have been removed in .NET 4.0,. ...
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What's the risk of changing permissions of the Security Eventlog registry key to IT operations?
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Many developers are unnecessarily lowering the security of the event log, or requiring applications to run in Administrator mode just so they can use the event log with this C# or VB code:
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windows security alert windows firewall has blocked some features of this program message coming for every new build of my application
I made an application which uses ftp so windows shows windows security alert windows firewall has blocked some features of this program message for every new version of my application any idea how to ...
