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View from deep inside Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab
Hey, are you at OSCON?
This week I'm at OSCON in Portland, OR. I like what their site says about it: "OSCON is the...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 07/23/2008
Blame it on your lying, cheating, cold dead-beating, two-timing, double-dealing mean mistreating, loving heart
Ever notice how folks who blog sporadically (uh, like me!) always apologize for not blogging for a...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 07/21/2008
The Apache Visit to Microsoft Campus: Day Two
Day two turned out to be quite a busy day! First thing in the morning, we started off testing some...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 03/03/2008
The Apache Visit to Microsoft Campus: Day One - afternoon
In the afternoon, we had Ari Pernick (along with a posse of extremely knowledgeable folks: Ali...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 02/26/2008
The Apache Visit to Microsoft Campus: Day One
This morning, we've had the honor of hosting the Apache Software Foundation in the Windows Server...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 02/25/2008
Binary File Formats for Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Brian Jones posted yesterday about the availability of the docs for the binary file formats of...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/17/2008
VBScript: Betcha never thought of this one
I mentioned in a previous post that I had to solve a little issue with the wonderful WMCMD.VBS...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/16/2008
Looking for a few good outriders: PHP Developers
Hey y'all. I've got some work goin' on that I sure could use a few hands that were real PHP savvy....
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/16/2008
PHP on IIS 7.0: Enhance Your Apps with the Integrated ASP.NET Pipeline -- MSDN Magazine, January 2008
As you might be aware, Microsoft release the FastCGI connector for PHP last fall, and it's creating...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/15/2008
Convergence of my two worlds: FireFox and CardSpace
I've been meaning to write this out for a few weeks... FireFox has had an extension which allows...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/14/2008
Understanding Windows CardSpace : The Book!
Well, after what seems like... well, forever, Vittorio, Caleb and I have finally seen the day when...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/11/2008
Apache Developers Invited to Redmond
A little over a year ago, (when I was still on the CardSpace team) I woke up, and wandered over to...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/09/2008
Back in the Saddle
Hey There! I've been getting many people inquiring where I've been. The short story is, I hurt my...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 10/22/2007
OSCON: First Post!
Those who have been around slashdot.org a while will certainly know of Robin Miller. I bumped into...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 07/23/2007
OSCON: Open Source Convention in Portland
Next Week, OSCON, the open source convention is happening in Portland--I reckon I mentioned that...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 07/19/2007
This Week: Off to MGX, Next Week: OSCON!
I'm off to Microsoft's MGX conference (Microsoft Global Exchange) in Orlando this week. At MGX, the...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 07/17/2007
Chatting about Open Source at University of Waterloo
I was in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada last week for a day talking to the students at the University of...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 07/17/2007
How to move the herd--one open source project at a time
Folks have been asking me, how can we believe that Microsoft is changing to see open source in a...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 07/08/2007
SvnBridge -- Use Tortoise SVN with Team Foundation Server
I just got ping'd by the very fine Jonathan Wanagel, about a very cool, and very early build of...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 06/18/2007
There can be only one MVP program
I got to my office this morning, and found that gettin' off the horse too quickly often means...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 06/18/2007
Open Source at Microsoft -- Herdin' cats or Cow Chips?
Howdy! I've recently moved from the Federated Identity group into the Open Source Software Labs at...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 06/15/2007
I hacked RSA!
I successfully hacked RSA, check out the details on my blog:...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 02/06/2007
What is the “Master Key” that is used to create the key-pair and PPID?
I talk a bit about the Master Key created when you create a personal card in my post at...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 02/06/2007
What happens when my laptop gets stolen
I explain how CardSpace is protected when your laptop gets swiped:...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/30/2007
Me and my PPID: Can I rely on it?
Be sure to check out my post on my blog:...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/28/2007
What the heck is "Fear The Cowboy"?
In my new blog, I explain Fear the Cowboy: Ok, I give: What the heck is "Fear the Cowboy" g Garrett...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/28/2007
One of the benefits of working at Microsoft
Check out my post at Fear the Cowboy: One of the benefits for working at Microsoft. g Garrett Serack...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 01/28/2007
CardSpace extension for FireFox!
Check out my post at https://fearthecowboy.com and the announcement at...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 12/12/2006
Fear The Cowboy
I've started a new blog, that is more encompassing of everything I do, not just my CardSpace duties....
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 12/04/2006
ASP.NET 1.1 Token Decryption
A funny thing happened a while back... I had a request from Scott Hanselman to decrypt and consume a...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 11/30/2006
Comments, Suggestions, Features and WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!?
Hopefully, that got your attention. We're starting to sketch out designs for the next version of...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 09/05/2006
.NET 3.0 RC1 Released!
The .NET 3.0 Framework Release Candidate 1 has been uh, released! I'll be posting a "New for...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 09/05/2006
Simple STS Update
A couple of minor glitches in the Simple STS Sample: Errata #1: if you downloaded the sample before...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/22/2006
New Windows CardSpace Sample: SimpleSTS
I've added a new Simple STS sample to the Windows CardSpace community website at :...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/21/2006
New Sample: Decrypting a Security Token
You can find a new CardSpace sample that shows the nitty-gritty of decrypting a SecurityToken:...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/17/2006
ScintillaNET: Trolling for Features
I've got several people interested in contributing to ScintillaNET, now what we need to do is build...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/16/2006
Private Personal Identfiers: Adventures in privacy
I had the question recently asked of me: When using an STS (Security Token Server), the PPID...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/10/2006
Fat32: My Old nemesis.
I've come across the same issue three times in the last two days, so it's bloggin' time! CardSpace...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/10/2006
Creating managed Cards
Vittorio and I sat down and expanded his exploration on the managed card creation, and we came up...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/08/2006
Introduction to CardSpace with Internet Explorer 7.0 tutorial/sample posted
I've posted a July-CTP ready version of my Introdouction to CardSpace with Internet Explorer 7.0....
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/08/2006
Where are the WS-* Protocols? (Part One)
Logging into a Website When signing into a website using CardSpace, the website has the choice of...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/07/2006
ScintillaNET : A color-syntax-higlighting editor component for .NET
I think I'll take a moment to plug a little peice of software that I'd built in the past, that I'm...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/06/2006
Detecting Information Card Support (CardSpace!) in a browser
I hacked out this a few weeks back, and never got around to publishing it. I've not decided that...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/04/2006
Scripting: Detecting the host architecture vs the process architecture
I had some trouble lately with scripts running on a 64bit version of Vista, when they were run with...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/04/2006
Self compiling scripts for .NET languages: C#, VB.NET and JScript.NET
Ok, these ones are pretty cool. It took me a few more hours than I thought, but it was worth it. The...
Author: Garrett Serack, MSFT Date: 08/01/2006