RE: [OT] Hash collisions

2012-05-02 Thread Greg Keogh
I'm back home. I hashed all 3-char strings from a pool of 63 characters (250047 total) into a 4-byte hash of 2^32 possible values. This means I tested 0.0058% of the space. I assumed that the MD5 and SHA1 hash rounds were so effective that they acted like a really good randomiser and that the

Re: PGP (free/open source) component for .NET

2012-05-02 Thread Tristan Reeves
Hi, I've used GPG, which is a gnu implementation. It worked well for me so far, but you'd have to use its command line (no 'native' .net components). Regards, Tristan. On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 3:23 PM, etmi...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Everyone, Can anyone share their experience with free/open

XDDN Melbourne 16 May - Metro Design 101

2012-05-02 Thread David Burela
Here are the details the the Melbourne event this month http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-XDDN/events/61499102/ Alex Knight will pull apart what it is to design Metro apps and what sets them apart from other user interfaces out there. From Windows Phone 7 to Windows 8 and maybe even a little xbox.

C to CLR types

2012-05-02 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, I'm just copying some old C code (no joking!) from 15 years ago over to C# and for the life of me I've forgotten how to convert the integer types. Am I right in this guess? C int = C# short (Int16) C long = C# int (Int32) I created a C++ project from the VS2010 wizard and pasted

Re: C to CLR types

2012-05-02 Thread Thomas Koster
Greg, On 3 May 2012 10:02, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: Folks, I’m just copying some old C code (no joking!) from 15 years ago over to C# and for the life of me I’ve forgotten how to convert the integer types. Am I right in this guess? C int = C# short (Int16) C long = C# int (Int32)

[OT] Secure page?

2012-05-02 Thread Brett Holden
Is it safe to enter a password on a web page that is just http? I've stumbled across a http page asking for my username and password. The page itself is http but has a form posting to a https PHP page. I would think the password gets sent in clear text but wanted to be sure. Cheers Brett

Blog module for DNN 6

2012-05-02 Thread Greg Low (GregLow.com)
Anyone got a recommendation for a high quality blog module for DNN? Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low CEO and Principal Mentor SQL Down Under SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Regional Director 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax Web:

Re: [OT] Secure page?

2012-05-02 Thread Joseph Clark
It really depends what the page does. You could try installer a web debugger like Fiddler http://fiddler2.com or Charleshttp://www.charlesproxy.com/(or look at the network tab in Firebug or the Chrome inspector) to see exactly where the page transmits your information to. Even if the username

RE: [OT] Secure page?

2012-05-02 Thread Ken Schaefer
The SSL/TLS handshake will occur before the HTTP POST occurs. So your form data will be sent encrypted. However, as noted by Joseph, the username/password is just one part of the whole security system. Session identifiers (e.g. cookies) also need to be protected, otherwise the application is