Category : Security

22 Nov

Porting .NET app to Vista.. DEP strikes!

by Marco Mastropaolo

An interesting issue happened these days when I tried to port some apps to Vista. Basically all .NET apps compiled with Visual Studio 2005/2008 are marked “NX compatible” by default. If your .NET app uses an incompatible DLL or COM object, the app will crash. What I found funny was that the message was a [...]

Filed Under: .NET, C++, Featured, Programming, Security, Win32

26 Jan

Cisco VPN on Linux OpenSuse 10.3

by Marco Mastropaolo

I found this guide quite useful : http://linux.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/cisco-vpn-client-opensuse-103/ Don’t worry about the fact that the link is for a x86-64 version. It works on 32bit systems too. However, after the installation completed, I could not connect because of an error saying “The profile specified could not be read.” (if you get a “couldn’t connect” message [...]

Filed Under: Linux, Security

26 Oct

IE7, Javascript, the WebBrowser control and bugs

by Marco Mastropaolo

Problem Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) has been released. Applications around the world are breaking. … Well at least mine failed. If you use the WebBrowser control in .NET applications or shdocwv ActiveX control you may hit this issue. If you load the html by navigating to “about:blank” and then using DocumentText, AND you are including [...]

Filed Under: .NET, C++, Programming, Security, Uncategorized, Win32