Comodo SSL Certificate Breach’s Potential Impact on Security Token Services and their Identity Providers
Recently, Iranian crackers used a username and password to make certificate requests from the Comodo Certificate Authority. These requests were successful and certificates were issued for 9 domains which are […]
Using The AsyncEnumerator To Improve Throughput of I/O-Bound Windows Azure Worker Roles
The Windows Azure Worker Role is a perfect place to put code that you want to run continuously in the background to process work as it becomes available. The information […]
Improving Windows Azure Storage Throughput Using the Content Delivery Network
Windows Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) caches your Windows Azure Data Storage blobs at strategically placed locations around the world (18 at the time of this blog post). The purpose […]
Understanding Windows Azure platform AppFabric Access Control Service Resources
Before we begin implementing secure authentication in modern cloud applications, it is important to understand Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and its support for claims-based identity and authorization. Azure AD […]
Idempotency for Windows Azure Message Queues
Idempotency is the mathematical term used to describe a system that produces the same result when a formula or procedure is applied numerous times against the same target. In software […]
HOWTO: Obtain and Configure A Free Certificate For Digitally Signing Your Outlook 2007 Email
The protocols for authenticating the sender of an email have always been very weak. For the most part its an “honor” system, which is why spammers have such an easy […]