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UDP and DTLS not a performance improvement.

Saw this update in my Windows Update list recently: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2574819 As it stands right now, this is what it says (in part): OK, so I started off feeling good about this – what’s not to like about the idea that DTLS, a security...

2ndAuth released for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

I’ve given some hints at what we’ve been working on lately, by my choice of article topics. Credential Providers have been my headache for a couple of months now, not least of which is because Microsoft haven’t quite provided all the working code they...

Command Line MD5 hash

A colleague asked me the other day what the command-line tool was for calculating MD5 hashes in Windows. In a moment of sanity, I told him that the usual tool was FCIV, the Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier , but that you had to download it....

Starting to build your own Credential Provider

If you’re starting to work on a Credential Provider (CredProv or CP, for short) for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7, there are a few steps I would strongly recommend you take, because it will make life easier for...

TLS Renegotiation attack – Microsoft workaround/patch

Hidden by the smoke and noise of thirteen ( 13! count them! ) security bulletins, with updates for 26 vulnerabilities and a further 4 third-party ActiveX Killbits (software that other companies have asked Microsoft to kill because of security flaws),...