(Dino Esposito and Andrea Saltarello) In its first release, ASP.NET introduced forms authentication. This provided a powerful framework for handling user authentication in a secure fashion and with an easy-to-use API. The core of forms authentication hasn’t changed in ASP.NET 2.0, so most of the tri
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(Gregg Keizer) A vulnerability in the Snort open-source intrusion detection software puts companies at serious risk, the researcher who discovered the bug said.
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(Kevin Beaver) Rootkits are stealthy tools used by hackers to control your Windows operating systems. Completely unknown to you, a hacker may install a rootkit by exploiting a vulnerability or cracking a password. The rootkit may then be used to hide processes, redirect application I/O, alter specif
Reading and Writing Bound XML
(Ken Getz) need to create a Windows application that includes a "search" form that interrogates an XML document and returns the results in a grid. I have an XML file I need to load, and after I have it loaded, I want to display its contents in the grid. Then, as users enter a value into a text box
Binding Variables in Oracle and PHP
(Larry Ullman) As you are certainly aware, the majority of today’s Web sites rely upon databases in one way or another. Whether the site you are building requires a forum, an e-commerce component, contains tons of articles and information, or just takes feedback from visitors, you’ll probably incorp
DataSet and DataTable in ADO.NET 2.0
(John Papa) ADO.NET 2.0 sports some exciting enhancements to the core classes found in ADO.NET 1.x and introduces a variety of new classes, all of which promise to improve performance, flexibility, and efficiency. There have even been some major changes throughout the lifecycle of the pre-beta and b
Making XML Technology Easier to Use
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance of XML has grown in modern business applications. XML technology gives businesses the infrastructure to satisfy their increasing demands for accessing and exchanging business data. However, the complexity of XML technology may result in high application develop
MySQL 5.0 to ship ‘in days’
(Martin LaMonica) In an effort to attract new corporate customers, MySQL is planning to ship a major upgrade of its namesake open-source database within the next seven to 10 days.
Zend Core To Bundle Free DB2 Express
(Barbara Darrow) The next Zend Core for IBM, a slate of PHP development tools, will ship with a full licence for DB2 Express.
Binding Relational and XML Data in ASP.NET 2.0
(Dan Wahlin) With the initial release of ASP.NET in 2002, developers were given a simplified way to bind data to controls that minimized coding and reduced spaghetti code. ASP.NET version 2 adds many new classes that further simplify the process of data-binding. In addition to many new server contro