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C# Traceroute using .net framework

If you have ever tried to create a traceroute program using one of the few available ICMP libraries freely available for C# you may have run into some issues mainly to do with the ICMP checksum not being correct. It seems that as of .NET 2.0 framework that microsoft included a Ping class that makes ... [More]
Posted: Jan 14 2009, 14:48 by jscott | Comments (2) RSS comment feed |
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Microsoft released free Chart Controls for ASP.NET and Winforms

I might be behind the times but I just found out that MS released free charting controls for Winform and ASP.NET. Requires you be running VS2008. Charting Component Download : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=130F7986-BF49-4FE5-9CA8-910AE6EA442C&displaylang=en ... [More]
Posted: Jan 14 2009, 11:08 by jscott | Comments (2) RSS comment feed |
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c# and vb.net preserving or persisting user settings user.config after upgrades

If you store settings in your application using Settings.Settings and have ever upgraded your application you may have found all the user settings have vanished. It seems that the user.config file is stored in %UserProfile/LocalSettings/Application Data/CompanyName/ApplicationName/versionnumber/us... [More]
Posted: Jan 14 2009, 09:46 by jscott | Comments (1) RSS comment feed |
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CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

Want to write software that is safe and secure. Check out this article that outlines the top 25 most dangerous programming errors and how to fix them. http://www.sans.org/top25errors/
Posted: Jan 13 2009, 00:29 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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C# Ping

I was recently tasked with putting together a ping and traceroute feature in an application and like I always do I googled to see if someone had already worked out how to do this. I found a few people who had posted ICMP libraries and so I used one of them and tested and everything seemed to work p... [More]
Posted: Jan 12 2009, 22:22 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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An update for the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is available

Posting this for those that may not have seen the latest post update to 3.5 SP1. Might want to check out this Microsoft article if you are having problems after installing 3.5 SP1.  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959209
Posted: Jan 03 2009, 11:15 by jscott | Comments (0) RSS comment feed |
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