8 topics that I’ve been tracking, and now have the time to do the ‘cliff notes’ for:
- [MSSQL - The Query Optimizer and Parameter Sniffing]
- If you dont know about query sniffing, or came across it a couple of years ago and have forgotten. Give this a (re)read.
- The key here is the “Optimize” for a typical parameter, I dont recall this existing in 2000. So if you are stuck with 2000 (you know who you are!), this obviously wont work!
- [Need to protect your C# code? Have a look at nCloak]
- Article covering how nCloak does naming.
- This isnt production ready, but if you have spare time it would be interesting to see how far this project can go.
- This shows the benefit that Mono is bringing to the C# world!
- [Just got onto TFS? Ready to try GIT/Mercurial? Read more about branch strategies in DVCS]
- Seems like only yesterday everyone was moving from VSS to TFS. Now GIT and Mercurial are on the scenes.
- This article covers various strategies for CI or even “Promiscuous Integration”
- Interestingly the DVCS (Distributed Version Control Systems) appear better suited to OSS projects than internal corporate ones.
- [Microsoft SDL Developer Starter Kit]
- The Microsoft SDL Developer Starter Kit provides a compliation of baseline developer security training materials on core Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) topics.
- [OSSEC - open source Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)]
- Its free! 2.2 came out September 8, 2009
- It has a powerful correlation and analysis engine, integrating log analysis, file integrity checking, Windows registry monitoring, centralized policy enforcement, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.
- [Microsoft releases mini-Fuzzer & Binary analyzer]
- Finally
, MS have released some simple fuzzers to help developers understand what they are facing from the black hats!
- Finally
- [IT executive going to China? If you follow the guidance it will be expensive!]
- Paraphrasing this short article wont do it justice. Among the measures it recommends to IT executives regarding the protection of their computer equipment when traveling to that country are (wow is about all I can say!):
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- Leave your standard IT equipment at home – buy separate gear to use in China
- Weigh the machine before you go and when you get back
- “Clean” thoroughly the equipment (re-image the laptop you used)
- Throw away the mobile phone you used during your stay.
- [A Shortage of Technical Managers]
- This just made me smile!