Developing applications with SSL client certificates are a challenge because there are so many little things that can go wrong. You quickly want to open the debugger, but that can be a challenge in itself, especially when the whole chain only works on a remote server. A much simpler way is to use IIS Express …
The 10th edition of the NDC (Norwegian Developers Conference) in Oslo was the best I ever attended. Kjersti and her team made everyone welcome and created a friendly and familiarly atmosphere. This is no easy task, especially not with 2000 attendees. But even at this size you always felt a personal touch and if you …
The network attached storage appliances from Synology, called DiskStation, are great backup devices. They come in various sizes and don’t need much maintenance. The only thing that is a bit annoying is the password prompt whenever I use rsync to backup my files. With public key authentication over SSH that problem can be solved without …
HTTPS for web applications is soon no longer an option, but a must-have. When you develop your application on your local machine, you may want to use a self-signet certificate. They cost you nothing and tools like Visual Studio create them on the first run in IIS Express. Everything would be great if current web …